from HyperPhysics portal. This is rather a comprehensive online physics handbook containing "Thermodynamics" chapter. Site has a handle navigation, good illustrations, and very detail content.
A qualitative introduction to the second law and entropy written for beginners in chemistry but useful for physics students too. Explains relationship with Murphy's Law.
Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago is focused on nanobiotechnology, statistical mechanics and thermodynamics of complex systems and molecular based studies.