TY - BOOK AU - Grandy,Walter T. TI - Entropy and the time evolution of macroscopic systems T2 - International series of monographs on physics SN - 9780191720161 (ebook) : AV - QC318.E57 U1 - 536.73 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Entropy KW - Statistical methods KW - Entropy (Information theory) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546176.001.0001 ER -