Entropy and Energy: A Universal Competition (Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics) - Softcover

Book 3 of 11: Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics

Müller, Ingo; Weiss, Wolf

 
9783540242819: Entropy and Energy: A Universal Competition (Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3540242813 ISBN 13: 9783540242819
Publisher: Springer, 2005

Synopsis

"Entropy and Energy- a Universal Competition" is a students textbook as well as a scientific monograph. The concepts of entropy and energy embody the effects of random walk in a body and of deterministic strife respectively, and are therefore often in competition. The book gives instructive examples from elementary thermodynamics and physico-chemistry and extrapolates the notion to non-standard thermodynamic subjects like shape memory, dissipation of the earth's atmosphere, and sociology. The works of the thermodynamic pioneers are presented, in particular Clausius, Carathéodory, Boltzmann, Gibbs, and Planck. The laws of thermodynamics and their limitations are discussed; also the pertinacious Gibbs paradox. The reader has numerous possibilities to influence the programs and thus develop an understanding for the thermodynamic principles.

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"Entropy and Energy- a Universal Competition" is a students textbook as well as a scientific monograph. The concepts of entropy and energy embody the effects of random walk in a body and of deterministic strife respectively, and are therefore often in competition. The book gives instructive examples from elementary thermodynamics and physico-chemistry and extrapolates the notion to non-standard thermodynamic subjects like shape memory, dissipation of the earth's atmosphere, and sociology. The works of the thermodynamic pioneers are presented, in particular Clausius, Carathéodory, Boltzmann, Gibbs, and Planck. The laws of thermodynamics and their limitations are discussed; also the pertinacious Gibbs paradox. The reader has numerous possibilities to influence the programs and thus develop an understanding for the thermodynamic principles.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3540242813
ISBN 13 
9783540242819
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
286