Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems

Zusatztext It [the book] seems to be very well done; certainly, the prose is excellent and the ideas very thought provoking. Informationen zum Autor Walter T. Grandy, Jr., Department of Physics, University of Wyoming Klappentext The book explicates the concept of entropy, particularly its governance of all of thermal physics, over a broad range of equilibrium and nonequilibrium phenomena. Historical development and modern research are presented in the context of entropy as a fundamental element of probability theory and its relation to the notion of information. Zusammenfassung The book explicates the concept of entropy, particularly its governance of all of thermal physics, over a broad range of equilibrium and nonequilibrium phenomena. Historical development and modern research are presented in the context of entropy as a fundamental element of probability theory and its relation to the notion of information.

Product details

• Authors: Jr. Grandy, Walter T. Grandy, Walter T. Grandy Jr, Grandy Jr. Walter T.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.07.2012
• EAN: 9780199655434
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965543-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: International Series of Monographs on Physics; International Series of Monogr; International Series of Monogr; International Series of Monographs on Physics; International Monographs on Ph
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / General, MATHEMATICS / Applied, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics & heat, Maths for scientists, Maths for engineers, Statistical physics, Thermodynamics and heat