Statistical thermodynamics based on information: A farewell to entropy

Statistical Thermodynamics Based on Information: A Farewell to Entropy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-384

  Ben Naim, Arieh ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION THEORY; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

DRIVING FORCES; IDEAL GAS; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; MISSING INFORMATION; SHANNON;

ENTROPY;

EID: 84967538574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/6469     Document Type: Book

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