Modified Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Campbell Biology (10th Edition)
Modified Mastering Biology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Campbell Biology (10th Edition)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321939050
Author: Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Introduction: Thermodynamics refers to the study of the transformation of energy, which occurs in a collection of matter. In carrying out the chemical reactions, living cells tends to convert the forms of energy to heat energy.

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