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.
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.
Walter T. Grandy, Jr. Professor of Physics, Emeritus University of Wyoming Professor of Physics, University of Wyoming, 1963-1998. Visiting Professor: University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; University of Tübingen, Germany; University of Sydney, Australia.
Inhaltsangabe
1: Introduction 2: Some Clarification from Another Direction 3: The Probability Connection 4: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics 5: The Presumed Extensivity of Entropy 6: Nonequilibrium States 7: Steady-State Processes 8: Sources and Time-Dependent Proceses 9: Thermal Driving 10: Application to Fluid Dynamics 11: Irreversibility, Relaxation, and the Approach to Equilibrium 12: Entropy Production and Dissipation Rates A: Perturbation Theory B: Dissipative Currents and Galilean Invariance C: Analytic Continuation of Covariance Functions
1: Introduction 2: Some Clarification from Another Direction 3: The Probability Connection 4: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics 5: The Presumed Extensivity of Entropy 6: Nonequilibrium States 7: Steady-State Processes 8: Sources and Time-Dependent Proceses 9: Thermal Driving 10: Application to Fluid Dynamics 11: Irreversibility, Relaxation, and the Approach to Equilibrium 12: Entropy Production and Dissipation Rates A: Perturbation Theory B: Dissipative Currents and Galilean Invariance C: Analytic Continuation of Covariance Functions
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