Entropy and the time evolution of macroscopic systems [electronic resource] /
by Grandy, Walter T.
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BookSeries: International series of monographs on physics: 141.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 209 p.).ISBN: 9780191720161 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Entropy -- Statistical methods | Entropy (Information theory)Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.
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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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