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020			_a9780191720161 (ebook) : _cNo price
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050		4	_aQC318.E57
082	0	4	_a536.73 _222
100	1		_aGrandy, Walter T., _d1933-
245	1	0	_aEntropy and the time evolution of macroscopic systems _h[electronic resource] / _cWalter T. Grandy, Jr.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2008.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 209 p.).
490	1		_aInternational series of monographs on physics ; _v141
520	8		_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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650		0	_aEntropy _xStatistical methods.
650		0	_aEntropy (Information theory)
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9780199546176
830		0	_aInternational series of monographs on physics ; _v141.
856	4	0	_3Oxford scholarship online _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546176.001.0001
999			_c37574 _d37574