Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems
Author:   Walter T. Grandy, Jr. (Department of Physics, University of Wyoming)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   141
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9780199546176


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   26 June 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Walter T. Grandy, Jr. (Department of Physics, University of Wyoming)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   141
Dimensions:   Width: 16.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.502kg
ISBN:  

9780199546176


ISBN 10:   0199546177
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   26 June 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Some Clarification from Another Direction 3: The Probability Connection 4: Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics 5: The Presumed Extensivity of Entropy 6: Nonequilibrium States 7: Steady-State Processes 8: Sources and Time-Dependent Proceses 9: Thermal Driving 10: Application to Fluid Dynamics 11: Irreversibility, Relaxation, and the Approach to Equilibrium 12: Entropy Production and Dissipation Rates A: Perturbation Theory B: Dissipative Currents and Galilean Invariance C: Analytic Continuation of Covariance Functions

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Written in an accessible style, the book makes numerous little-known connections between macroscopic and microscopic expressions for entropy and entropy production...Filled with many examples, Grandys thought-provoking exposition will be of interest for years to come. I would recommend it to any serious student of statistical physics. P. Salamon, Physics Today


Author Information

Walter T. Grandy, Jr. Professor of Physics, Emeritus University of Wyoming Professor of Physics, University of Wyoming, 1963-1998. Visiting Professor: University of Sao Paulo, Brazil; University of Tübingen, Germany; University of Sydney, Australia.

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