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

By: Tame, Jeremy R. H [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019Edition: 1st ed. 2019.Description: XIII, 202 p. 38 illus., 13 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789811323157.Subject(s): Thermodynamics | Heat engineering | Heat transfer | Mass transfer | Biochemistry | Fluid mechanics | Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer | Thermodynamics | Biochemistry | Engineering Fluid DynamicsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 621.4021 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
General thermodynamics -- Carnot and Clausius -- Maxwell and Boltzmann -- Gibbs -- Partition functions and ensembles -- Planck -- Einstein -- Shannon -- Nernst -- On Entropy as Mixed-up-ness -- Problems.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: 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.
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General thermodynamics -- Carnot and Clausius -- Maxwell and Boltzmann -- Gibbs -- Partition functions and ensembles -- Planck -- Einstein -- Shannon -- Nernst -- On Entropy as Mixed-up-ness -- Problems.

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.

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