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Entropy and the time evolution of macroscopic systems [electronic resource] / Walter T. Grandy, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Series: International series of monographs on physics ; 141.Publication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 209 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780199546176
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:
  • 536.73 22
LOC classification:
  • QC318.E57
Online resources: Summary: The work 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 information.
Item type: eBooks
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The work 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 information.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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