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The Entropy Principle - Thermodynamics for the Unsatisfied (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)
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The Entropy Principle - Thermodynamics for the Unsatisfied (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)
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Entropy - the key concept of thermodynamics, clearly explained and
carefully illustrated. This book presents an accurate definition of
entropy in classical thermodynamics which does not "put the cart
before the horse" and is suitable for basic and advanced university
courses in thermodynamics. Entropy is the most important and at the
same time the most difficult term of thermodynamics to understand.
Many students are discontent with its classical definition since it
is either based on "temperature" and "heat" which both cannot be
accurately defined without entropy, or since it includes concepts
such as "molecular disorder" which does not fit in a macroscopic
theory. The physicists Elliott Lieb and Jakob Yngvason have
recently developed a new formulation of thermodynamics which is
free of these problems. The Lieb-Yngvason formulation of classical
thermodynamics is based on the concept of adiabatic accessibility
and culminates in the entropy principle. The entropy principle
represents the accurate mathematical formulation of the second law
of thermodynamics. Temperature becomes a derived quantity whereas
"heat" is no longer needed. This book makes the Lieb-Yngvason
theory accessible to students. The presentation is supplemented by
seven illustrative examples which explain the application of
entropy and the entropy principle in practical problems in science
and engineering.
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