Entropy

[Dave Monroe]

Greven, A., G. Keller, and G. Warnecke, eds.
   Entropy.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2003.
 
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 deep insights into the
nature and behavior of thermodynamic and other
microscopically unpredictable processes. However, the
mathematical tools used have later developed
independently of their original physical background
and have led to a plethora of methods and differing
conventions. 
  
The aim of this book is to identify the unifying
threads by providing surveys of the uses and concepts
of entropy in diverse areas of mathematics and the
physical sciences.... 

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