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Discover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a playful way of discovering a law of nature / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| Discover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a playful way of discovering a law of nature / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics Thermodynamics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-14440-9
9786613144409 981-4299-77-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; Self-Testing Kit; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgement; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: A Brief History of Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics; CHAPTER 2 All You Need to Know but Never Dared to Admit that You Already Know; CHAPTER 3 Discover the Uniform Spatial Distribution; CHAPTER 4 Discover the Boltzmann Distribution; CHAPTER 5 Discover the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution; CHAPTER 6 Entropy and the Second Law in theWorld of Marbles; CHAPTER 7 Entropy and the Second Law in the Real World; CHAPTER 8 Notes; Epilogue; References and Suggested Reading; Index |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Discover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a playful way of discovering a law of nature / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| Discover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a playful way of discovering a law of nature / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics Thermodynamics |
| ISBN |
1-283-14440-9
9786613144409 981-4299-77-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; Self-Testing Kit; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgement; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: A Brief History of Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics; CHAPTER 2 All You Need to Know but Never Dared to Admit that You Already Know; CHAPTER 3 Discover the Uniform Spatial Distribution; CHAPTER 4 Discover the Boltzmann Distribution; CHAPTER 5 Discover the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution; CHAPTER 6 Entropy and the Second Law in theWorld of Marbles; CHAPTER 7 Entropy and the Second Law in the Real World; CHAPTER 8 Notes; Epilogue; References and Suggested Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789069903321 |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Discover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a playful way of discovering a law of nature / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| Discover entropy and the second law of thermodynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a playful way of discovering a law of nature / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics Thermodynamics |
| ISBN |
1-283-14440-9
9786613144409 981-4299-77-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Preface; Self-Testing Kit; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgement; CHAPTER 1 Introduction: A Brief History of Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics; CHAPTER 2 All You Need to Know but Never Dared to Admit that You Already Know; CHAPTER 3 Discover the Uniform Spatial Distribution; CHAPTER 4 Discover the Boltzmann Distribution; CHAPTER 5 Discover the Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution; CHAPTER 6 Entropy and the Second Law in theWorld of Marbles; CHAPTER 7 Entropy and the Second Law in the Real World; CHAPTER 8 Notes; Epilogue; References and Suggested Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827252503321 |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Singapore ; ; Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Edizione | [Expanded ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-96829-3
9786611968298 981-283-226-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Programs for Simulating Some of the Games in the Book; Program 1: Binary dice; Program 2: Regular dice; Program 3: Card deck; Program 4: Simulation of expansion of ideal gas; Program 5: Simulation of mixing two ideal gases; Program 6: Find the hidden coin; Program 7: Generating the normal distribution; 1 Introduction, and a Short History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics; 1.1. The Non-Atomistic Formulation of the Second Law; 1.2. The Atomistic Formulation of the Second Law; 2 A Brief Introduction to Probability Theory, Information Theory, and all the Rest
2.1. The Classical Definition2.2. The Relative Frequency Definition; 2.3. Independent Events and Conditional Probability; 2.4. Three Caveats; 2.4.1. Conditional probability and subjective probability; 2.4.2. Conditional probability and cause and effect; 2.4.3. Conditional probability and joint probability; 2.5. A Teaspoon of Information Theory; 2.6. A Tip of a Teaspoon of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry; 2.7. A Matter of Lottery; 2.8. A Matter of Order-Disorder; 2.9. A Challenging Problem; 2.10. Answers to the Problems; 2.10.1. Answers to the roulette problems 2.10.2. Answer to "a matter of lottery"2.10.3. Answer to "a matter of order-disorder"; 2.10.4. Answer to "a challenging problem"; 3 First Let Us Play with Real Dice; 3.1. One Die; 3.2. Two Dice; 3.3. Three Dice; 3.4. Four Dice and More; 4 Let's Play with Simpli.ed Dice and have a Preliminary Grasp of the Second Law; 4.1. Two Dice; N = 2; 4.2. Four Dice; N = 4; 4.3. Ten Dice; N = 10; 4.4. Hundred Dice; N = 100; 4.5. Thousand Dice; N = 1000; 4.6. Ten Thousand Dice; N = 104 and Beyond; 5 Experience the Second Law with all Your Five Senses; 5.1. See it with your Visual Sense 5.2. Smell it with your Olfactory Sense5.3. Taste it with your Gustatory Sense; 5.4. Hear it with your Auditory Sense; 5.5. Feel it with your Touch (Tactile) Sense; 6 Finally, Grasp it with Your Common Sense; 7 Translating from the Dice-World to the Real World; 7.1. The Correspondence with the Expansion Process; 7.2. The Correspondence with the Deassimilation Process; 7.3. Summary of the Evolution of the System towards the Equilibrium State; 7.4. Mixing of Three Components; 7.5. Heat Transfer from a Hot to a Cold Gas; 7.6. Test Your Understanding of the Second Law 8 Re.ections on the Status of the Second Law of Thermodynamics as a Law of Physics8.1. What is the Source of the Mystery?; 8.2. The Association of Entropy with "Disorder"; 8.3. The Association of Entropy with Missing Information; 8.4. Is the Second Law Intimately Associated with the Arrow of Time?; 8.5. Is the Second Law of Thermodynamics a Law of Physics?; 8.6. Can We Do Away with the Second Law?; References and Suggested Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453188803321 |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Edizione | [Expanded ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics |
| ISBN |
1-281-96829-3
9786611968298 981-283-226-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Programs for Simulating Some of the Games in the Book; Program 1: Binary dice; Program 2: Regular dice; Program 3: Card deck; Program 4: Simulation of expansion of ideal gas; Program 5: Simulation of mixing two ideal gases; Program 6: Find the hidden coin; Program 7: Generating the normal distribution; 1 Introduction, and a Short History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics; 1.1. The Non-Atomistic Formulation of the Second Law; 1.2. The Atomistic Formulation of the Second Law; 2 A Brief Introduction to Probability Theory, Information Theory, and all the Rest
2.1. The Classical Definition2.2. The Relative Frequency Definition; 2.3. Independent Events and Conditional Probability; 2.4. Three Caveats; 2.4.1. Conditional probability and subjective probability; 2.4.2. Conditional probability and cause and effect; 2.4.3. Conditional probability and joint probability; 2.5. A Teaspoon of Information Theory; 2.6. A Tip of a Teaspoon of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry; 2.7. A Matter of Lottery; 2.8. A Matter of Order-Disorder; 2.9. A Challenging Problem; 2.10. Answers to the Problems; 2.10.1. Answers to the roulette problems 2.10.2. Answer to "a matter of lottery"2.10.3. Answer to "a matter of order-disorder"; 2.10.4. Answer to "a challenging problem"; 3 First Let Us Play with Real Dice; 3.1. One Die; 3.2. Two Dice; 3.3. Three Dice; 3.4. Four Dice and More; 4 Let's Play with Simpli.ed Dice and have a Preliminary Grasp of the Second Law; 4.1. Two Dice; N = 2; 4.2. Four Dice; N = 4; 4.3. Ten Dice; N = 10; 4.4. Hundred Dice; N = 100; 4.5. Thousand Dice; N = 1000; 4.6. Ten Thousand Dice; N = 104 and Beyond; 5 Experience the Second Law with all Your Five Senses; 5.1. See it with your Visual Sense 5.2. Smell it with your Olfactory Sense5.3. Taste it with your Gustatory Sense; 5.4. Hear it with your Auditory Sense; 5.5. Feel it with your Touch (Tactile) Sense; 6 Finally, Grasp it with Your Common Sense; 7 Translating from the Dice-World to the Real World; 7.1. The Correspondence with the Expansion Process; 7.2. The Correspondence with the Deassimilation Process; 7.3. Summary of the Evolution of the System towards the Equilibrium State; 7.4. Mixing of Three Components; 7.5. Heat Transfer from a Hot to a Cold Gas; 7.6. Test Your Understanding of the Second Law 8 Re.ections on the Status of the Second Law of Thermodynamics as a Law of Physics8.1. What is the Source of the Mystery?; 8.2. The Association of Entropy with "Disorder"; 8.3. The Association of Entropy with Missing Information; 8.4. Is the Second Law Intimately Associated with the Arrow of Time?; 8.5. Is the Second Law of Thermodynamics a Law of Physics?; 8.6. Can We Do Away with the Second Law?; References and Suggested Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782225503321 |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Edizione | [Expanded ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics |
| ISBN |
1-281-96829-3
9786611968298 981-283-226-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preface; Programs for Simulating Some of the Games in the Book; Program 1: Binary dice; Program 2: Regular dice; Program 3: Card deck; Program 4: Simulation of expansion of ideal gas; Program 5: Simulation of mixing two ideal gases; Program 6: Find the hidden coin; Program 7: Generating the normal distribution; 1 Introduction, and a Short History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics; 1.1. The Non-Atomistic Formulation of the Second Law; 1.2. The Atomistic Formulation of the Second Law; 2 A Brief Introduction to Probability Theory, Information Theory, and all the Rest
2.1. The Classical Definition2.2. The Relative Frequency Definition; 2.3. Independent Events and Conditional Probability; 2.4. Three Caveats; 2.4.1. Conditional probability and subjective probability; 2.4.2. Conditional probability and cause and effect; 2.4.3. Conditional probability and joint probability; 2.5. A Teaspoon of Information Theory; 2.6. A Tip of a Teaspoon of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry; 2.7. A Matter of Lottery; 2.8. A Matter of Order-Disorder; 2.9. A Challenging Problem; 2.10. Answers to the Problems; 2.10.1. Answers to the roulette problems 2.10.2. Answer to "a matter of lottery"2.10.3. Answer to "a matter of order-disorder"; 2.10.4. Answer to "a challenging problem"; 3 First Let Us Play with Real Dice; 3.1. One Die; 3.2. Two Dice; 3.3. Three Dice; 3.4. Four Dice and More; 4 Let's Play with Simpli.ed Dice and have a Preliminary Grasp of the Second Law; 4.1. Two Dice; N = 2; 4.2. Four Dice; N = 4; 4.3. Ten Dice; N = 10; 4.4. Hundred Dice; N = 100; 4.5. Thousand Dice; N = 1000; 4.6. Ten Thousand Dice; N = 104 and Beyond; 5 Experience the Second Law with all Your Five Senses; 5.1. See it with your Visual Sense 5.2. Smell it with your Olfactory Sense5.3. Taste it with your Gustatory Sense; 5.4. Hear it with your Auditory Sense; 5.5. Feel it with your Touch (Tactile) Sense; 6 Finally, Grasp it with Your Common Sense; 7 Translating from the Dice-World to the Real World; 7.1. The Correspondence with the Expansion Process; 7.2. The Correspondence with the Deassimilation Process; 7.3. Summary of the Evolution of the System towards the Equilibrium State; 7.4. Mixing of Three Components; 7.5. Heat Transfer from a Hot to a Cold Gas; 7.6. Test Your Understanding of the Second Law 8 Re.ections on the Status of the Second Law of Thermodynamics as a Law of Physics8.1. What is the Source of the Mystery?; 8.2. The Association of Entropy with "Disorder"; 8.3. The Association of Entropy with Missing Information; 8.4. Is the Second Law Intimately Associated with the Arrow of Time?; 8.5. Is the Second Law of Thermodynamics a Law of Physics?; 8.6. Can We Do Away with the Second Law?; References and Suggested Reading; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821488503321 |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, 2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-12113-4
9786611121136 981-277-069-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction, and a Short History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics; 2 A Brief Introduction to Probability Theory, Information Theory, and all the Rest; 3 First Let Us Play with Real Dice; 4 Let's Play with Simplified Dice and have a Preliminary Grasp of the Second Law; 5 Experience the Second Law with all Your Five Senses; 6 Finally, Grasp it with Your Common Sense; 7 Translating from the Dice-World to the Real World; 8 Reflections on the Status of the Second Law of Thermodynamics as a Law of Physics; References and Suggested Reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450707003321 |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics |
| ISBN |
1-281-12113-4
9786611121136 981-277-069-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction, and a Short History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics; 2 A Brief Introduction to Probability Theory, Information Theory, and all the Rest; 3 First Let Us Play with Real Dice; 4 Let's Play with Simplified Dice and have a Preliminary Grasp of the Second Law; 5 Experience the Second Law with all Your Five Senses; 6 Finally, Grasp it with Your Common Sense; 7 Translating from the Dice-World to the Real World; 8 Reflections on the Status of the Second Law of Thermodynamics as a Law of Physics; References and Suggested Reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784038803321 |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| Entropy demystified [[electronic resource] ] : the second law reduced to plain common sense / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536/.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics |
| ISBN |
1-281-12113-4
9786611121136 981-277-069-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction, and a Short History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics; 2 A Brief Introduction to Probability Theory, Information Theory, and all the Rest; 3 First Let Us Play with Real Dice; 4 Let's Play with Simplified Dice and have a Preliminary Grasp of the Second Law; 5 Experience the Second Law with all Your Five Senses; 6 Finally, Grasp it with Your Common Sense; 7 Translating from the Dice-World to the Real World; 8 Reflections on the Status of the Second Law of Thermodynamics as a Law of Physics; References and Suggested Reading |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821714703321 |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A farewell to entropy [[electronic resource] ] : statistical thermodynamics based on information : S=logW / / Arieh Ben-Naim
| A farewell to entropy [[electronic resource] ] : statistical thermodynamics based on information : S=logW / / Arieh Ben-Naim |
| Autore | Ben-Naim Arieh <1934-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (412 p.) |
| Disciplina | 536.73 |
| Soggetto topico |
Entropy
Second law of thermodynamics Statistical thermodynamics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-93836-X
9786611938369 981-279-073-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction. 1.1. A brief history of temperature and entropy. 1.2. The association of entropy with disorder. 1.3. The association of entropy with missing information -- 2. Elements of probability theory. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. The axiomatic approach. 2.3. The classical definition. 2.4. The relative frequency definition. 2.5. Independent events and conditional probability. 2.6. Bayes' Theorem. 2.7. Random variables, average, variance and correlation. 2.8. Some specific distributions. 2.9. Generating functions. 2.10. The law of large numbers -- 3. Elements of information theory. 3.1. A qualitative introduction to information theory. 3.2. Definition of Shannon's information and its properties. 3.3. The various interpretations of the Quantity H. 3.4. The assignment of probabilities by the maximum uncertainty principle. 3.5. The missing information and the average number of binary questions needed to acquire it. 3.6. The false positive problem, revisited. 3.7. The urn problem, revisited -- 4. Transition from the general MI to the thermodynamic MI. 4.1. MI in binding systems: one kind of information. 4.2. Some simple processes in binding systems. 4.3. MI in an ideal gas system: two kinds of information. The Sackur-Tetrode equation. 4.4. Comments -- 5. The structure of the foundations of statistical thermodynamics. 5.1. The isolated system; the micro-canonical ensemble. 5.2. System in a constant temperature; the canonical ensemble. 5.3. The classical analog of the canonical partition function. 5.4. The re-interpretation of the Sackur-Tetrode expression from informational considerations. 5.5. Identifying the parameter for an ideal gas. 5.6. Systems at constant temperature and chemical potential; the grand canonical ensemble. 5.7. Systems at constant temperature and pressure; the isothermal isobaric ensemble. 5.8. The mutual information due to intermolecular interactions -- 6. Some simple applications. 6.1. Expansion of an ideal gas. 6.2. Pure, reversible mixing; the first illusion. 6.3. Pure assimilation process; the second illusion. 6.4. Irreversible process of mixing coupled with expansion. 6.5. Irreversible process of demixing coupled with expansion. 6.6. Reversible assimilation coupled with expansion. 6.7. Reflections on the processes of mixing and assimilation. 6.8. A pure spontaneous deassimilation process. 6.9. A process involving only change in the momentum distribution. 6.10. A process involving change in the intermolecular interaction energy. 6.11. Some baffling experiments. 6.12. The second law of thermodynamics. |
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Ben-Naim Arieh <1934->
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| Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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