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Sons of Entropy

Author : Christopher Golden

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 334 pages

File Size : 17,18 MB

Release : 2001-08-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0743431421

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All Hell is Breaking Loose!Led by the fanatical Il Maestro, the Sons of Entropy are assaulting the supernatural Boston mansion that holds back the realm of monsters, and stealing the life force from the besieged Gatekeeper. In limbo, the Ghost Roads are crumbling, becoming weak and unstable where Hell and the Otherworld have begun seeping in, blurring the passages that lead to the human world. And Xander lies mortally wounded from a failed attempt to free Joyce Summers from the clutches of the zealots who hold her hostage. With the Gatekeeper rapidly weakening, Buffy sends Willow and Cordelia to escort Xander along the Ghost Roads to the Gatehouse, which may hold his only hope of survival. Meanwhile, she, Giles, and an unlikely band of allies take their fight to the very mouth of Hell itself, desperately hoping to save Joyce and repel the evil spawn before Sunnydale becomes a demonic ground zero. Only then can Buffy safeguard the Gatekeeper's eleven-year-old heir, the only one able to prevent the ultimate destruction of humanity.



The Dialogues of Time and Entropy

Author : Aryeh Lev Stollman

Publisher :

Page : 244 pages

File Size : 29,34 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781573223751

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A collection of short stories explores such themes as the impact of the past on the present and of one person on another.



Maximum-entropy Models in Science and Engineering

Author : Jagat Narain Kapur

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 660 pages

File Size : 27,71 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 9788122402162

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This Is The First Comprehensive Book About Maximum Entropy Principle And Its Applications To A Diversity Of Fields Like Statistical Mechanics, Thermo-Dynamics, Business, Economics, Insurance, Finance, Contingency Tables, Characterisation Of Probability Distributions (Univariate As Well As Multivariate, Discrete As Well As Continuous), Statistical Inference, Non-Linear Spectral Analysis Of Time Series, Pattern Recognition, Marketing And Elections, Operations Research And Reliability Theory, Image Processing, Computerised Tomography, Biology And Medicine. There Are Over 600 Specially Constructed Exercises And Extensive Historical And Bibliographical Notes At The End Of Each Chapter.The Book Should Be Of Interest To All Applied Mathematicians, Physicists, Statisticians, Economists, Engineers Of All Types, Business Scientists, Life Scientists, Medical Scientists, Radiologists And Operations Researchers Who Are Interested In Applying The Powerful Methodology Based On Maximum Entropy Principle In Their Respective Fields.



Energy, Entropy and Engines

Author : Sanjeev Chandra

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 399 pages

File Size : 23,25 MB

Release : 2016-05-16

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1119013151

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Textbook concisely introduces engineering thermodynamics, covering concepts including energy, entropy, equilibrium and reversibility Novel explanation of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics Presents abstract ideas in an easy to understand manner Includes solved examples and end of chapter problems Accompanied by a website hosting a solutions manual



Elements of Information Theory

Author : Thomas M. Cover

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 788 pages

File Size : 46,6 MB

Release : 2012-11-28

Category : Computers

ISBN : 1118585771

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The latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem sets and material The Second Edition of this fundamental textbook maintains the book's tradition of clear, thought-provoking instruction. Readers are provided once again with an instructive mix of mathematics, physics, statistics, and information theory. All the essential topics in information theory are covered in detail, including entropy, data compression, channel capacity, rate distortion, network information theory, and hypothesis testing. The authors provide readers with a solid understanding of the underlying theory and applications. Problem sets and a telegraphic summary at the end of each chapter further assist readers. The historical notes that follow each chapter recap the main points. The Second Edition features: * Chapters reorganized to improve teaching * 200 new problems * New material on source coding, portfolio theory, and feedback capacity * Updated references Now current and enhanced, the Second Edition of Elements of Information Theory remains the ideal textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering, statistics, and telecommunications.



Modern Thermodynamics

Author : Dilip Kondepudi

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 550 pages

File Size : 12,56 MB

Release : 2014-12-31

Category : Science

ISBN : 111837181X

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Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition presents a comprehensive introduction to 20th century thermodynamics that can be applied to both equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, unifying what was traditionally divided into ‘thermodynamics’ and ‘kinetics’ into one theory of irreversible processes. This comprehensive text, suitable for introductory as well as advanced courses on thermodynamics, has been widely used by chemists, physicists, engineers and geologists. Fully revised and expanded, this new edition includes the following updates and features: Includes a completely new chapter on Principles of Statistical Thermodynamics. Presents new material on solar and wind energy flows and energy flows of interest to engineering. Covers new material on self-organization in non-equilibrium systems and the thermodynamics of small systems. Highlights a wide range of applications relevant to students across physical sciences and engineering courses. Introduces students to computational methods using updated Mathematica codes. Includes problem sets to help the reader understand and apply the principles introduced throughout the text. Solutions to exercises and supplementary lecture material provided online at http://sites.google.com/site/modernthermodynamics/. Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students taking a course in thermodynamics.



Genetic Entropy

Author : John C. Sanford

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 22,24 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Nature

ISBN : 9780981631608

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In this text, Sanford, a retired Cornell professor, shows that the "Primary Axiom"--the foundational evolutionary premise that life is merely the result of mutations and natural selection--is false. He strongly refutes the Darwinian concept that man is just the result of a random and pointless natural process.



Sons of Entropy

Author : Christopher Golden

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 40,73 MB

Release : 2017-12-05

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 1534426698

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All Hell is Breaking Loose Led by the fanatical Il Maestro, the Sons of Entropy are assaulting the supernatural Boston mansion that holds back the realm of monsters, and stealing the life force from the besieged Gatekeeper. In limbo, the Ghost Roads are crumbling, becoming weak and unstable where Hell and the Otherworld have begun seeping in, blurring the passages that lead to the human world. And Xander lies mortally wounded from a failed attempt to free Joyce Summers from the clutches of the zealots who hold her hostage. With the Gatekeeper rapidly weakening, Buffy sends Willow and Cordelia to escort Xander along the Ghost Roads to the Gatehouse, which may hold his only hope of survival. Meanwhile, she, Giles, and an unlikely band of allies take their fight to the very mouth of Hell itself, desperately hoping to save Joyce and repel the evil spawn before Sunnydale becomes a demonic ground zero. Only then can Buffy safeguard the Gatekeeper's eleven-year-old heir, the only one able to prevent the ultimate destruction of humanity.



Social Entropy Theory

Author : Kenneth D. Bailey

Publisher : SUNY Press

Page : 336 pages

File Size : 34,76 MB

Release : 1990-01-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780791400562

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Social Entropy Theory illuminates the fundamental problems of societal analysis with a nonequilibrium approach, a new frame of reference built upon contemporary macrological principles, including general systems theory and information theory. Social entropy theory, using Shannon's H and the entropy concept, avoids the common (and often artificial) separation of theory and method in sociology. The hallmark of the volume is integration, as seen in the author's interdisciplinary discussions of equilibrium, entropy, and homeostasis. Unique features of the book are the introduction of the three-level model of social measurement, the theory of allocation, the concepts of global-mutable-immutable, discussion of order and power, and a large set of testable hypotheses.



The Entropy Effect

Author : Vonda N. McIntyre

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 234 pages

File Size : 38,62 MB

Release : 2002-10-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0743412095

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The Starship Enterprise™ is summoned to transport a dangerous criminal to rehabilitation: the brilliant physicist, Dr. Georges Mordreaux, who is accused of promising to send people back in time, then killing them instead. But when a crazed Mordreaux escapes, he inexplicably bursts onto the bridge and murders Captain Kirk before the crew's eyes. Now Spock must journey back in time to avert the disaster before it occurs. But more is at stake than Kirk's life. Mordreaux's experiments have thrown the universe into chaos, and Spock is fighting time itself to keep the very fabric of reality from unraveling.