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Entropy / edited by Andreas Greven, Gerhard Keller, Gerald Warnecke

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : New Age International, c2010.Description: xiv, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9788122431285
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 536.73 22 ENT
LOC classification:
  • QC318.E57 E55 2003
Contents:
Ch. 1. Introduction / A. Greven, G. Keller and G. Warnecke -- Pt. 1. Fundamental Concepts -- Ch. 2. Entropy: a Subtle Concept in Thermodynamics / I. Muller -- Ch. 3. Probabilistic Aspects of Entropy / H.-O. Georgii -- Pt. 2. Entropy in Thermodynamics -- Ch. 4. Phenomenological Thermodynamics and Entropy Principles / K. Hutter and Y. Wang -- Ch. 5. Entropy in Nonequilibrium / I. Muller -- Ch. 6. Entropy for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws / C. M. Dafermos -- Ch. 7. Irreversibility and the Second Law of Thermodynamics / J. Uffink -- Ch. 8. The Entropy of Classical Thermodynamics / E. H. Lieb and J. Yngvason -- Pt. 3. Entropy in Stochastic Processes -- Ch. 9. Large Deviations and Entropy / S. R. S. Varadhan -- Ch. 10. Relative Entropy for Random Motion in a Random Medium / F. den Hollander -- Ch. 11. Metastability and Entropy / E. Olivieri -- Ch. 12. Entropy Production in Driven Spatially Extended Systems / C. Maes -- Ch. 13. Entropy: a Dialogue / J. L. Lebowitz and C. Maes -- Pt. 4. Entropy and Information -- Ch. 14. Classical and Quantum Entropies: Dynamics and Information / F. Benatti -- Ch. 15. Complexity and Information in Data / J. Rissanen -- Ch. 16. Entropy in Dynamical Systems / L.-S. Young -- Ch. 17. Entropy in Ergodic Theory / M. Keane.
Review: "The chapters were written to provide as cohesive an account as possible, making the book accessible to a wide range of graduate students and researchers. Any scientist dealing with systems that exhibit entropy will find the book an invaluable aid to understanding."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-350) and index.

Ch. 1. Introduction / A. Greven, G. Keller and G. Warnecke -- Pt. 1. Fundamental Concepts -- Ch. 2. Entropy: a Subtle Concept in Thermodynamics / I. Muller -- Ch. 3. Probabilistic Aspects of Entropy / H.-O. Georgii -- Pt. 2. Entropy in Thermodynamics -- Ch. 4. Phenomenological Thermodynamics and Entropy Principles / K. Hutter and Y. Wang -- Ch. 5. Entropy in Nonequilibrium / I. Muller -- Ch. 6. Entropy for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws / C. M. Dafermos -- Ch. 7. Irreversibility and the Second Law of Thermodynamics / J. Uffink -- Ch. 8. The Entropy of Classical Thermodynamics / E. H. Lieb and J. Yngvason -- Pt. 3. Entropy in Stochastic Processes -- Ch. 9. Large Deviations and Entropy / S. R. S. Varadhan -- Ch. 10. Relative Entropy for Random Motion in a Random Medium / F. den Hollander -- Ch. 11. Metastability and Entropy / E. Olivieri -- Ch. 12. Entropy Production in Driven Spatially Extended Systems / C. Maes -- Ch. 13. Entropy: a Dialogue / J. L. Lebowitz and C. Maes -- Pt. 4. Entropy and Information -- Ch. 14. Classical and Quantum Entropies: Dynamics and Information / F. Benatti -- Ch. 15. Complexity and Information in Data / J. Rissanen -- Ch. 16. Entropy in Dynamical Systems / L.-S. Young -- Ch. 17. Entropy in Ergodic Theory / M. Keane.

"The chapters were written to provide as cohesive an account as possible, making the book accessible to a wide range of graduate students and researchers. Any scientist dealing with systems that exhibit entropy will find the book an invaluable aid to understanding."--BOOK JACKET.

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