Keywords:
Entropy -- Statistical methods.
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Entropy (Information theory).
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
The book explicates the concept of entropy, particularly its governance of all of thermal physics, over a broad range of equilibrium and nonequilibrium phenomena. Historical development and modern research are presented in the context of entropy as a fundamental element of probability theory and its relation to the notion of information.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780191562952
Series Statement:
International Series of Monographs on Physics Series ; v.141
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=694011
DDC:
536/.73
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Heat -- 1.2 The emergence of entropy -- 1.3 Classical thermodynamics -- 1.4 Is there a deeper interpretation? -- 2 Some clarification from another direction -- 2.1 Information and physics -- 3 The probability connection -- 3.1 The principle of maximum entropy -- 4 Equilibrium statistical mechanics and thermodynamics -- 4.1 The meaning of maximum entropy -- 4.2 Fluctuations -- 4.3 A mischaracterization -- 5 The presumed extensivity of entropy -- 6 Nonequilibrium states -- 6.1 The linear approximation -- 6.2 Simple fluids -- 6.3 A transport example -- 6.4 Inhomogeneous systems -- 6.5 Some reflection -- 7 Steady-state processes -- 7.1 Steady-state transport processes in simple fluids -- 8 Sources and time-dependent processes -- 8.1 Equation of motion revisited -- 9 Thermal driving -- 9.1 Nonequilibrium thermodynamics -- 9.2 Linear heating -- 9.3 A special case: linear dynamic response -- 10 Application to fluid dynamics -- 10.1 Hydrodynamic fluctuations -- 10.2 Fluid dynamics equations of motion -- 10.3 The onset of turbulence -- 10.4 Ultrasonic propagation -- 10.5 Correlations in nonequilibrium fluids -- 11 Irreversibility, relaxation, and the approach to equilibrium -- 11.1 Irreversibility -- 11.2 The second law -- 11.3 Is time asymmetry an issue? -- 11.4 Relaxation and the approach to equilibrium -- 12 Entropy production and dissipation rates -- 12.1 The statistical mechanics formulation -- Appendix A: Perturbation theory -- A.1 Fluid equations of motion -- A.2 Operator identities -- Appendix B: Dissipative currents and Galilean invariance -- B.1 Galilean invariance -- Appendix C: Analytic continuation of covariance functions -- References -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B.
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C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.
