Download or read book Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems written by Walter T. Grandy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book explicates the concept of entropy, particularly its governance of all of thermal physics, over a broad range of equilibrium and nonequilibrium phenomena. Historical development and modern research are presented in the context of entropy as a fundamental element of probability theory and its relation to the notion of information.