Entropy and Information

The book "Entropy and Information" deals with the thermodynamical concept of entropy and its relationship to information theory. It is successful in explaining the universality of the term "Entropy" not only as a physical phenomenon, but reveals its existence also in other domain...

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Main Author: Volkenstein, Mikhail V. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhũser Basel, 2009.
Series:Progress in Mathematical Physics ; 57
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0078-1
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