Entropy

The concept of entropy arose in the physical sciences during the nineteenth century, particularly in thermodynamics and statistical physics, as a measure of the equilibria and evolution of thermodynamic systems. Two main views developed: the macroscopic view formulated originally by Carnot, Clausius, Gibbs, Planck, and Caratheodory and the microscopic approach associated with Boltzmann and Maxwell. Since then both approaches have made possible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691113386
• ISBN13: 9780691113388
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.7"