Entropy: A Very Short Introduction
Entropy is an idea that is no less important than energy, but it is not widely understood. We are surrounded by free energy: what we value is energy that's not too polluted with entropy. This book explains how the concepts of energy and entropy were separated from one another over half a century.
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Entropy: A Very Short Introduction
Entropy is an idea that is no less important than energy, but it is not widely understood. We are surrounded by free energy: what we value is energy that's not too polluted with entropy. This book explains how the concepts of energy and entropy were separated from one another over half a century.
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Entropy: A Very Short Introduction

Entropy: A Very Short Introduction

by James Binney
Entropy: A Very Short Introduction

Entropy: A Very Short Introduction

by James Binney

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Overview

Entropy is an idea that is no less important than energy, but it is not widely understood. We are surrounded by free energy: what we value is energy that's not too polluted with entropy. This book explains how the concepts of energy and entropy were separated from one another over half a century.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198901501
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 09/26/2025
Series: Very Short Introductions
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 160
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

James Binney, FRS, is an astrophysicist at Oxford University. He is the co-author of The Physics of Quantum Mechanics (2013) with David Skinner, along with Astrophysics: A Very Short Introduction.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1: The age of confusion
  • 2: Thermodynamics arrives
  • 3: Entropy and the energy transition
  • 4: The mechanics of entropy
  • 5: The principle of maximum entropy
  • 6: Image reconstruction
  • 7: Entropy and quantum mechanics
  • 8: Entropy and gravity
  • 9: Wrapping up
  • Notes and further reading
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