A student's guide to entropy
Striving to explore the subject in as simple a manner as possible, this book helps readers understand the elusive concept of entropy. Innovative aspects of the book include the construction of statistical entropy from desired properties, the derivation of the entropy of classical systems from purely...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013
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Genre/form: | učebnice vysokých škol elektronické knihy |
ISBN: | 9780511984556 978-1-107-01156-4 978-1-107-65397-9 |
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Online Access: | Plný text |
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Other form: | Printed version |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Thermodynamic entropy; 2. Statistical entropy; 3. Entropy of classical systems; 4. Entropy of quantized systems; 5. Entropy of a non-isolated system; 6. Entropy of Fermion systems; 7. Entropy of Boson system; 8. Entropy of information; Epilogue; Appendixes; Index