03163cam a22005417a 4500 15787994 OSt 20150408113914.0 090623s2009 sz a | b 001 0 eng d 2009931264 09,N10,1002 dnb 9783034600774 3034600771 12618750 (OCoLC)ocn320198053 BTCTA BTCTA YDXCP OHX CLU UBY SHH DEBBG DLC eng rus lccopycat QC318.E57 V6413 2009 21 510 V M E 510 sdnb UG 3000 rvk Volʹkenshteĭn, M. V. (Mikhail Vladimirovich), 1912- 3340 Ėntropii͡a︡ i informat͡s︡ii͡a︡. English Entropy and information / Mikhail V. Volkenstein ; translated by Abe Shenitzer and Robert G. Burns. Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, c2009. x, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Progress in mathematical physics ; v. 57. Includes bibliographical references and index. "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. "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. Entropy. 3341 Entropy (Information theory) 3342 Thermodynamics. 3343 Statistical physics. 3344 Entropie. swd 3345 Information. swd 3099 Shenitzer, Abe. 3346 Burns, Robert G. 3347 Progress in mathematical physics ; v. 57. 3348 Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2009931264-t.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2009931264-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1108/2009931264-b.html 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc DVD 13843 248343 0 2013-03-10 0 0 510 V M E 2011-08-26 EZF 00102323 EZF 2013-03-10 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0 0 2013-03-10 0 0 510 V M E 2011-08-26 EZF 00102324 EZF 2013-03-10 00:00:00 BOOK ddc 0