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Record Nr.

UNINA9910350314603321

Autore

Tame Jeremy R. H

Titolo

Approaches to Entropy [[electronic resource] /] / by Jeremy R. H. Tame

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

981-13-2315-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 pages)

Disciplina

536.73

Soggetti

Engineering

Thermodynamics

Biochemistry

Hydraulic engineering

Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer

Biochemistry, general

Engineering Fluid Dynamics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

General thermodynamics -- Carnot and Clausius -- Maxwell and Boltzmann -- Gibbs -- Partition functions and ensembles -- Planck -- Einstein -- Shannon -- Nernst -- On Entropy as Mixed-up-ness -- Problems.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a book about thermodynamics, not history, but it adopts a semi-historical approach in order to highlight different approaches to entropy. The book does not follow a rigid temporal order of events, nor it is meant to be comprehensive. It includes solved examples for a solid understanding. The division into chapters under the names of key players in the development of the field is not intended to separate these individual contributions entirely, but to highlight their different approaches to entropy. This structure helps to provide a different view-point from other text-books on entropy.