01487nam a2200313 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050001400173082001500187100003000202245010600232260004600338300003800384490005700422520033000479588004700809504005100856650003400907650003300941776003300974830005801007856009101065999001701156EDZ0000073517StDuBDS20150804193934.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||091020s2008    enk    fo     001 0 eng d  a9780191720161 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aQC318.E5704a536.732221 aGrandy, Walter T.,d1933-10aEntropy and the time evolution of macroscopic systemsh[electronic resource] /cWalter T. Grandy, Jr.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2008.  a1 online resource (xiii, 209 p.).1 aInternational series of monographs on physics ;v1418 aThe 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.  aDescription based on print version record.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aEntropyxStatistical methods. 0aEntropy (Information theory)08iPrint versionz9780199546176 0aInternational series of monographs on physics ;v141.403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546176.001.0001  c37574d37574