200pp. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. 8vo. Sun-faded, rubbed spine heel and bottom corners. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
From the back of the book: "With the discovery, between 1845 and 1847, of the principle of conservation of energy, the importance of energy for human life and progress was recognized, and scientists gave energy the romantic name of `The Queen of the World’. Some twenty years later scientists discovered entropy, a measure of the dissipation of energy. This book outlines the history of the formulation of these two notions."
