Entropy and Energy: A Universal Competition torrent

Ingo Müller, Wolf Weiss, \"Entropy and Energy: A Universal Competition (Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics)\"
Publisher: Springer | ISBN 10: 3540242813 | 2005 | PDF | 273 pages | 2.01 MB

\"Entropy and Energy- a Universal Competition\" is a students textbook as well as a scientific monograph. It provides a very readable introduction to thermodynamics and the concept of entropy and energy. It gives instructive examples from elementary thermodynamics and physico-chemistry and extrapolates the notion to non-standard thermodynamic subjects like shape memory, dissipation of the earth\'s atmosphere, and sociology. The works of the thermodynamic pioneers are presented, in particular Clausius, Caratheodory, Boltzmann, Gibbs, and Planck. The laws of thermodynamics and their limitations are discussed; also the pertinacious Gibbs paradox. The accompanying CD provides instructive visualizations of the entropy-elastic spring and of phase transitions in fluids and shape memory alloys. The reader has numerous possibilities to influence the programs and thus develop an understanding for the thermodynamic principles.