Ebook: Entropy and Energy: A Universal Competition

"Entropy and Energy- a Universal Competition" is a students textbook as well as a scientific monograph. The concepts of entropy and energy embody the effects of random walk in a body and of deterministic strife respectively, and are therefore often in competition. The book 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, Carathéodory, Boltzmann, Gibbs, and Planck. The laws of thermodynamics and their limitations are discussed; also the pertinacious Gibbs paradox. The reader has numerous possibilities to influence the programs and thus develop an understanding for the thermodynamic principles.

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"Entropy and Energy- a Universal Competition" is a students textbook as well as a scientific monograph. The concepts of entropy and energy embody the effects of random walk in a body and of deterministic strife respectively, and are therefore often in competition. The book 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, Carath?odory, Boltzmann, Gibbs, and Planck. The laws of thermodynamics and their limitations are discussed; also the pertinacious Gibbs paradox. The reader has numerous possibilities to influence the programs and thus develop an understanding for the thermodynamic principles.

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"Entropy and Energy- a Universal Competition" is a students textbook as well as a scientific monograph. The concepts of entropy and energy embody the effects of random walk in a body and of deterministic strife respectively, and are therefore often in competition. The book 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, Carath?odory, Boltzmann, Gibbs, and Planck. The laws of thermodynamics and their limitations are discussed; also the pertinacious Gibbs paradox. The reader has numerous possibilities to influence the programs and thus develop an understanding for the thermodynamic principles.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Origin of entropy in the work of Clausius....Pages 1-12
Entropy in the work of Carath?odory. Absolute temperature....Pages 13-21
Entropy in the work of Boltzmann....Pages 23-34
Enthalpy and equations of state....Pages 35-41
Gases and Rubber....Pages 43-55
Statistical thermodynamics....Pages 57-61
Entropy and energy in competition....Pages 63-71
Planetary atmospheres....Pages 73-79
Entropy of mixing. Osmosis....Pages 81-89
Phase transition....Pages 91-99
Phase diagrams....Pages 101-109
Chemical reactions....Pages 111-123
Shape memory alloys....Pages 125-153
The third law of thermodynamics. Capitulation of entropy....Pages 155-159
The zeroth law of thermodynamics — kinetic and thermodynamic temperatures....Pages 161-167
Gibbs paradox and degenerate gases....Pages 169-178
Thermodynamics of irreversible processes (TIP)....Pages 179-182
Radiation thermodynamics....Pages 183-191
Dissipative entropy source of the earth....Pages 193-202
Socio-thermodynamics — integration and segregation in a population....Pages 203-221
History of thermodynamics....Pages 223-238
Appendix. Equation of balance....Pages 239-245
References and annotations....Pages 247-263
Back Matter....Pages 265-274

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"Entropy and Energy- a Universal Competition" is a students textbook as well as a scientific monograph. The concepts of entropy and energy embody the effects of random walk in a body and of deterministic strife respectively, and are therefore often in competition. The book 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, Carath?odory, Boltzmann, Gibbs, and Planck. The laws of thermodynamics and their limitations are discussed; also the pertinacious Gibbs paradox. The reader has numerous possibilities to influence the programs and thus develop an understanding for the thermodynamic principles.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Origin of entropy in the work of Clausius....Pages 1-12
Entropy in the work of Carath?odory. Absolute temperature....Pages 13-21
Entropy in the work of Boltzmann....Pages 23-34
Enthalpy and equations of state....Pages 35-41
Gases and Rubber....Pages 43-55
Statistical thermodynamics....Pages 57-61
Entropy and energy in competition....Pages 63-71
Planetary atmospheres....Pages 73-79
Entropy of mixing. Osmosis....Pages 81-89
Phase transition....Pages 91-99
Phase diagrams....Pages 101-109
Chemical reactions....Pages 111-123
Shape memory alloys....Pages 125-153
The third law of thermodynamics. Capitulation of entropy....Pages 155-159
The zeroth law of thermodynamics — kinetic and thermodynamic temperatures....Pages 161-167
Gibbs paradox and degenerate gases....Pages 169-178
Thermodynamics of irreversible processes (TIP)....Pages 179-182
Radiation thermodynamics....Pages 183-191
Dissipative entropy source of the earth....Pages 193-202
Socio-thermodynamics — integration and segregation in a population....Pages 203-221
History of thermodynamics....Pages 223-238
Appendix. Equation of balance....Pages 239-245
References and annotations....Pages 247-263
Back Matter....Pages 265-274
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