Entropy /
Imprint: | Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxfordshire, England : Princeton University Press, 2003. ©2003 |
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Description: | 1 online resource (375 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics Princeton series in applied mathematics. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11236303 |
Summary: | The concept of entropy arose in the physical sciences during the nineteenth century, particularly in thermodynamics and statistical physics, as a measure of the equilibria and evolution of thermodynamic systems. Two main views developed: the macroscopic view formulated originally by Carnot, Clausius, Gibbs, Planck, and Caratheodory and the microscopic approach associated with Boltzmann and Maxwell. Since then both approaches have made possible deep insights into the nature and behavior of thermodynamic and other microscopically unpredictable processes. However, the mathematical tools used have later developed independently of their original physical background and have led to a plethora of methods and differing conventions. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (375 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781400865222 1400865220 9780691113388 |