A Student's Guide to Entropy(Student's Guides) 英文原版 剑桥大学生指南系列：熵 Don S. Lemons

基本信息

By (author) Don S. Lemons

Format Paperback | 200 pages

Dimensions 154 x 227 x 9mm | 330g

Publication date 21 Oct 2013

Publisher CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Publication City/Country Cambridge, United Kingdom

Language English

Illustrations note Worked examples or Exercises; 38 Line drawings, unspecified

ISBN10 1107653975

ISBN13 9781107653979

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

Striving to explore the subject in as simple a manner as possible, this book helps readers understand the elusive concept of entropy. Innovative aspects of the book include the construction of statistical entropy from desired properties, the derivation of the entropy of classical systems from purely classical assumptions, and a statistical thermodynamics approach to the ideal Fermi and ideal Bose gases. Derivations are worked through step-by-step and important applications are highlighted in over 20 worked examples.

Around 50 end-of-chapter exercises test readers' understanding. The book also features a glossary giving definitions for all essential terms, a time line showing important developments, and list of books for further study. It is an ideal supplement to undergraduate courses in physics, engineering, chemistry and mathematics.

力求以尽可能简单的方式探索该主题，这本书有助于读者理解熵的难以理解的概念。该书的创新方面包括从所需性质构造统计熵，从纯古典假设推导古典系统的熵以及对理想费米和理想玻色气体的统计热力学方法。逐步进行推导，并在20多个工作示例中突出了重要的应用。

大约有50项本章末尾的练习测试了读者的理解力。该书还提供了一个词汇表，为所有基本术语提供了定义，显示重要进展的时间表以及需要进一步研究的书籍清单。它是物理，工程，化学和数学本科课程的理想补充。

作者简介

Don S. Lemons is Professor Emeritus of Physics at Bethel College and a Guest Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He taught undergraduate physics at Bethel College for 23 years.

书籍目录

1. Thermodynamic entropy; 2. Statistical entropy; 3. Entropy of classical systems; 4. Entropy of quantized systems; 5. Entropy of a non-isolated system; 6. Entropy of Fermion systems; 7. Entropy of Boson system; 8. Entropy of information; Epilogue; Appendixes; Index.