Farewell to entropy, a: statistical thermodynamics based on information
Auteur :
Ben-naim, Arieh
Éditeur :
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN :
9789812707062
Date de publication :
18 janv. 2008
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Singapour
Advocates replacing "entropy" by "information," a term that has become widely used in many branches of science. This book takes a fresh approach to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. It uses information as a tool for predicting distributions and as the fundamental cornerstone concept of thermodynamics.