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Entropy and the time evolution of macroscopic systems

The work explicates the concept of entropy, particularly its governance of all of thermal physics, over a broad range of equilibrium and nonequilibrium phenomena. Historical development and modern research are presented in the context of entropy as a fundamental element of probability theory and its relation to information

Print Book, English, 2008
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008