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| Author | Paul Chambadal |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Physics paradoxes, thermodynamics |
| Published | 1973 |
| Publisher | Transworld / Corgi Childrens |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 0552400041 |
Paradoxes of Physics is a popular-science book by the French physicist Paul Chambadal, published in English in the Transworld Student Library (1972–73); the French original, Les paradoxes de la physique, appeared in 1971.
Overview
The book examines a range of apparent paradoxes in physics — from mechanics and relativity to thermodynamics and the relationship between entropy and information — showing how puzzles that seem to defy common sense are resolved (or remain genuinely open) on closer analysis. It is written to make the conceptual difficulties of modern physics accessible to students and general readers.
About the author
Paul Chambadal was a French physicist and engineer specializing in thermodynamics, known (with Ivan Novikov) for the "Chambadal–Novikov" treatment of the efficiency of a heat engine at maximum power, and for several books on thermodynamics and the interpretation of physics.
Publication details
- Author: Paul Chambadal
- Publisher: Transworld (Student Library)
- Published: 1973 (French original 1971)
- Pages: 192
- ISBN: 0552400041
Links to Purchase Book
- Paradoxes of Physics (Amazon)