02863cam a22004817a 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007101500210008802000180010902000150012702800130014203500240015504000560017904100130023504200140024805000260026208200190028808400140030708400170032110000610033824000560039924501050045526000450056030000320060549000470063750400510068450502240073552009130095965000130187265000330188565000200191865000250193865000190196365000220198270000200200470000210202483000470204585600920209285600910218485601060227515787994OSt20150408113914.0090623s2009    sz a   | b    001 0 eng d  a  2009931264  a09,N10,10022dnb  a9783034600774  a303460077152a12618750  a(OCoLC)ocn320198053  aBTCTAcBTCTAdYDXCPdOHXdCLUdUBYdSHHdDEBBGdDLC1 aenghrus  alccopycat00aQC318.E57bV6413 2009  221a510bV M E  a5102sdnb  aUG 30002rvk1 aVolʹkenshteĭn, M. V.q(Mikhail Vladimirovich),d1912-10aĖntropii͡a︡ i informat͡s︡ii͡a︡.lEnglish10aEntropy and information /cMikhail V. Volkenstein ; translated by Abe Shenitzer and Robert G. Burns.  aBasel ;aBoston :bBirkhäuser,cc2009.  ax, 209 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.1 aProgress in mathematical physics ;vv. 57.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 a"Reflections on the motive power of fire ..." -- The laws of thermodynamics -- Entropy and free energy -- Entropy and probability -- Statistics and mechanics -- Open systems -- Information -- Entropy, information, life.  a"This treasure of popular science by the Russian biophysicist Mikhail V. Volkenstein is at last, more than twenty years after its appearance in Russian, available in English translation. As its title Entropy and Information suggests, the book deals with the thermodynamical concept of entropy and its interpretation in terms of information theory. The author shows how entropy is not to be considered a mere shadow of the central physical concept of energy, but more appropriately as a leading player in all of the major natural processes: physical, chemical, biological, evolutionary, and even cultural. The theory of entropy is thoroughly developed from its beginnings in the foundational work of Sadi Carnot and Clausius in the context of heat engines, including expositions of much of the necessary physics and mathematics, and illustrations from everyday life of the importance of entropy."--Back cover. 0aEntropy. 0aEntropy (Information theory) 0aThermodynamics. 0aStatistical physics.07aEntropie.2swd07aInformation.2swd1 aShenitzer, Abe.1 aBurns, Robert G. 0aProgress in mathematical physics ;vv. 57.413Table of contents onlyuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2009931264-t.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2009931264-d.html423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2009931264-b.html