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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aBen-Naim, Arieh, _d1934- _9183815
245	1	2	_aA farewell to entropy : _bstatistical thermodynamics based on information : S=logW / _cArieh Ben-Naim.
246	3		_aS=logW
260			_aHackensack, N.J. : _bWorld Scientific, _c©2008.
300			_a1 online resource (xxv, 384 pages) : _billustrations (some color)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 373-379) and index.
505	0		_a1. Introduction -- A brief history of temperature and entropy -- The association of entropy with disorder -- The association of entropy with missing information -- 2. Elements of probability theory -- Introduction -- The axiomatic approach -- The classical definition -- The relative frequency definition -- Independent events and conditional probability -- Bayes' Theorem -- Random variables, average, variance and correlation -- Some specific distributions -- Generating functions -- The law of large numbers -- 3. Elements of information theory -- A qualitative introduction to information theory -- Definition of Shannon's information and its properties -- The various interpretations of the quantity H -- The assignment of probabilities by the maximum uncertainty principle -- The missing information and the average number of binary questions needed to acquire it -- The false positive problem, revisited -- The urn problem, revisited -- 4. Transition from the general MI to the thermodynamic MI -- MI in binding systems: one kind of information -- Some simple processes in binding systems -- MI in an ideal gas system: two kinds of information. The Sackur-Tetrode Equation -- Comments -- 5. The structure of the foundations of statistical thermodynamics -- The isolated system; the micro-canonical ensemble -- System in a constant temperature; The canonical ensemble -- The classical analog of the canonical partition function -- The re-interpretation of the Sackur-Tetrode expression from informational considerations -- Identifying the parameter ß for an ideal gas -- Systems at constant temperature and chemical potential; The grand canonical ensemble -- Systems at constant temperature and pressure; The isothermal isobaric ensemble -- The mutual information due to intermolecular interactions -- 6. Some simple applications -- Expansion of an ideal gas -- Pure, reversible mixing; The first illusion -- Pure assimilation process; The second illusion -- Irreversible process of demixing coupled with expansion -- Reversible assimilation coupled with expansion -- Reflections on the processes of mixing and assimilation -- A pure spontaneous deassimilation process -- A process involving only change in the momentum distribution -- A process involving change in the intermolecular interaction energy -- Some baffling experiments -- The second law of thermodynamics -- Appendices -- A: Newton's binomial theorem and some useful identities involving binomial coefficients -- B: The total number of states in the Fermi-Dirac and the Bose-Einstein statistics -- C: Pair and triplet independence between events -- D: Proof of the inequality R (X, Y) <̲ 1 for the correlation coefficient -- E: The Stirling approximation -- F: Proof of the form of the function H -- G: The method of Lagrange undetermined multipliers -- H: Some inequalities for concave functions -- The MI for the continuous case -- J: Identical and indistinguishable (ID) particles -- The equivalence of the Boltzmann's and Jaynes' procedures to obtain the fundamental distribution of the canonical ensemble -- L: An alternative derivation of the Sackur-Tetrode equation -- M: Labeling and un-labeling of particles -- N: Replacing a sum by its maximal term -- O: The Gibbs paradox (GP) -- P: The solution to the three prisoners' problem.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
520			_a"The principal message of this book is that thermodynamics and statistical mechanics will benefit from replacing the unfortunate, misleading and mysterious term "entropy" with a more familiar, meaningful and appropriate term such as information, missing information or uncertainty. This replacement would facilitate the interpretation of the "driving force" of many processes in terms of informational changes and dispel the mystery that has always enshrouded entropy." "It has been 140 years since Clausius coined the term "entropy"; almost 50 years since Shannon developed the mathematical theory of "information"--Subsequently renamed "entropy." In this book, the author advocates replacing "entropy" by "information," a term that has become widely used in many branches of science."--Jacket.
590			_aeBooks on EBSCOhost _bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide
650		0	_aEntropy. _9183816
650		0	_aSecond law of thermodynamics. _9183817
650		0	_aStatistical thermodynamics. _9161329
650		6	_aEntropie. _9906702
650		6	_aDeuxième principe de la thermodynamique. _9899384
650		6	_aThermodynamique statistique. _9899385
650		7	_aentropy. _2aat _9183816
650		7	_aSCIENCE _xMechanics _xThermodynamics. _2bisacsh _9876656
650		7	_aEntropy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00912823 _9183816
650		7	_aSecond law of thermodynamics. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01110592 _9183817
650		7	_aStatistical thermodynamics. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01132092 _9161329
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBen-Naim, Arieh, 1934- _tFarewell to entropy. _dHackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2008 _w(DLC) 2008273766
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