Entropy and the time evolution of macroscopic systems [electronic resource] / Walter T. Grandy, Jr. Grandy, Walter T., 1933- Entropy Statistical methods. Entropy (Information theory) QC318.E57 536.73 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. 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. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008. 2008. 2008 Text 1 online resource (xiii, 209 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546176.001.0001 eng International series of monographs on physics ; 141 International series of monographs on physics ; 141.