Student''s Guide to Entropy

Informationen zum Autor Don S. Lemons is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Bethel College and a Guest Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He taught undergraduate physics at Bethel College for 23 years. Klappentext This book helps readers understand the elusive concept of entropy to supplement undergraduate courses in physics, engineering, chemistry and mathematics. Zusammenfassung Striving to explore the subject in as simple a manner as possible! this book helps readers understand the elusive concept of entropy! and is an ideal supplement to undergraduate courses in physics! engineering! chemistry and mathematics. Nearly 50 end-of-chapter exercises test readers' understanding. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Thermodynamic entropy; 2. Statistical entropy; 3. Entropy of classical systems; 4. Entropy of quantized systems; 5. Entropy of a non-isolated system; 6. Entropy of Fermion systems; 7. Entropy of Boson system; 8. Entropy of information; Epilogue; Appendixes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Don Lemons, Don S. Lemons, Don S. (Bethel College Lemons
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2013
• EAN: 9781107011564
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01156-4
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Student's Guides
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics & heat, Thermodynamics and heat