| |
| |
Click the serial number on the left to view the details of the item. |
| # |
Author | Title | Accn# | Year | Item Type | Claims |
| 1 |
Meir Hemmo |
Road to Maxwell's demon: Conceptual Foundations of Statistical Mechanics |
024635 |
2012 |
Book |
|
|
|
|
1.
|  |
| Title | Road to Maxwell's demon: Conceptual Foundations of Statistical Mechanics |
| Author(s) | Meir Hemmo ;Orly R. Shenker |
| Publication | Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
| Description | xii, 327p. |
| Abstract Note | Time asymmetric phenomena are successfully predicted by statistical mechanics. Yet the foundations of this theory are surprisingly shaky. Its explanation for the ease of mixing milk with coffee is incomplete, and even implies that un-mixing them should be just as easy. In this book the authors develop a new conceptual foundation for statistical mechanics that addresses this difficulty. Explaining the notions of macrostates, probability, measurement, memory, and the arrow of time in statistical mechanics, they reach the startling conclusion that Maxwell's Demon, the famous perpetuum mobile, is consistent with the fundamental physical laws. Mathematical treatments are avoided where possible, and instead the authors use novel diagrams to illustrate the text. This is a fascinating book for graduate students and researchers interested in the foundations and philosophy of physics. |
| ISBN,Price | 9781107019683 : UKP 60.00(HB) |
| Classification | 531.19
|
| Keyword(s) | 1. CLASSICAL MECHANICS
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
4. ENTROPY
5. MACROSTATES
6. MAXWELLS DEMON
7. MEASUREMENT
8. PROBABILITY
9. THERMODYNAMICS
10. TIME
|
| Item Type | Book |
Multi-Media Links
Click Here for Online Book
Circulation Data
| Accession# | |
Call# | Status | Issued To | Return Due On | Physical Location |
| 024635 |
|
531.19/HEM/024635 |
On Shelf |
|
|
|
| OB0520 |
|
531.19/HEM/ |
On Shelf |
|
|
|
+Copy Specific Information | |