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Road to Maxwell's Demon

Name: Road to Maxwell's Demon
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781107019683
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Conceptual Foundations of Statistical Mechanics

Autor: Meir Hemmo

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Editura: Cambridge University Press

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Time asymmetric phenomena are successfully predicted by statistical mechanics. Yet the foundations o...

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Autor

Meir Hemmo

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2012

Pagini

337

EAN

9781107019683

ISBN

1107019680

Enbook ID

01211672

Editura

Cambridge University Press

Greutate

628

Dimensiuni

159 x 237 x 24

Descriere completă

Time asymmetric phenomena are successfully predicted by statistical mechanics. Yet the foundations of this theory are surprisingly shaky. Its explanation for the ease of mixing milk with coffee is incomplete, and even implies that un-mixing them should be just as easy. In this book the authors develop a new conceptual foundation for statistical mechanics that addresses this difficulty. Explaining the notions of macrostates, probability, measurement, memory, and the arrow of time in statistical mechanics, they reach the startling conclusion that Maxwell's Demon, the famous perpetuum mobile, is consistent with the fundamental physical laws. Mathematical treatments are avoided where possible, and instead the authors use novel diagrams to illustrate the text. This is a fascinating book for graduate students and researchers interested in the foundations and philosophy of physics.