Название: Entropy And Its Physical MeaningАвтор: J. S. Dugdale
Издательство: Taylor & Francis
Год: 1996
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 209
Размер: 16,17 Мб
Язык: английский
This text gives students a clear and easily understood introduction to entropy - a central concept in thermodynamics, but one which is often regarded as the most difficult to grasp. Professor Dugdale first presents a classical and historical view of entropy, looking in detail at the scientists who developed the concept, and at how they arrived at their ideas. This is followed by a statistical treatment which provides a more physical portrait of entropy, relating it to disorder and showing how physical and chemical systems tend to states of order at low temperatures...