Entropy And Its Physical Meaning

By J.S. Dugdale

Book Overview

This text gives students a clear and easily understood introduction to entropy. Professor Dugdale first presents a classical and historical view of entropy, looking in detail at the scientists who developed the concept and at how they arrived at their ideas. This is followed by a statistical treatment that provides a more physical portrait of entropy, relating it to disorder and showing how physical and chemical systems tend to states of order at low temperatures. The book includes a brief account of some of the more intriguing manifestations of order in properties such as superconductivity and superfluidity. It also includes a number of exercises that can be used for both self- learning and class work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748405690
• ISBN13: 9780748405695
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"