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A student's guide to entropy /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A student's guide to entropy // Don S. Lemons, Bethel College.
Author:	Lemons, Don S.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 181 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Entropy. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511984556
ISBN:	9780511984556 (ebook)

A student's guide to entropy /
Lemons, Don S.1949-

A student's guide to entropy /Don S. Lemons, Bethel College. - 1 online resource (xi, 181 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Machine generated contents note: 1. Thermodynamic entropy; 2. Statistical entropy; 3. Entropy of classical systems; 4. Entropy of quantized systems; 5. Entropy of a non-isolated system; 6. Entropy of Fermion systems; 7. Entropy of Boson system; 8. Entropy of information; Epilogue; Appendixes; Index.

Striving to explore the subject in as simple a manner as possible, this book helps readers understand the elusive concept of entropy. Innovative aspects of the book include the construction of statistical entropy from desired properties, the derivation of the entropy of classical systems from purely classical assumptions, and a statistical thermodynamics approach to the ideal Fermi and ideal Bose gases. Derivations are worked through step-by-step and important applications are highlighted in over 20 worked examples. Around 50 end-of-chapter exercises test readers' understanding. The book also features a glossary giving definitions for all essential terms, a time line showing important developments, and list of books for further study. It is an ideal supplement to undergraduate courses in physics, engineering, chemistry and mathematics.

ISBN: 9780511984556 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

596653
Entropy.

LC Class. No.: QC318.E57 / L46 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 003/.85

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