Entropy for biologists : an introduction to thermodynamics /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morowitz, Harold J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Academic Press, 1970.
Temas:
Entropy.
Biophysics.
Thermodynamics.
Biophysics
Thermodynamics
Entropie.
Biophysique.
Thermodynamique.
entropy.
thermodynamics.
SCIENCE > Mechanics > Thermodynamics.
Biologie
Entropie
Thermodynamik
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Temperature
  • Energy
  • Introduction to kinetic theory
  • Total energy
  • The second law of thermodynamics
  • The entropy function
  • Probability and information
  • Introduction to statistical mechanics
  • The relation between statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
  • Entropy, information, and energy
  • Free-energy functions
  • Thermal energy
  • Applications of the Gibbs free energy and the Gibbs chemical potential
  • Measurement in thermal physics
  • Entropy and biology
  • Appendix I. Conservation of mechanical energy: general treatment
  • Appendix II. The proof of the equivalence of the perfect-gas temperature scale and the absolute thermodynamic temperature scale
  • Appendix III. Entropy of a perfect gas
  • Appendix IV. Stirling's approximation
  • Appendix V. Evaluation of the partition function of a perfect gas.

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