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Entropy Articles (in inverse chronological order)

L. Benguigui et al., “The different paths to entropy,” Eur. J. Phys. 34, 303-21 (2013).

U. Lucia, and Maino, G.
et al., “Entropy generation in biophysical systems,” Europhys. Lett. 101, 56002 (2013).

M. Hemmo, and Shenker, O.
et al., “Entropy and Computation: The Landauer-Bennett Thesis Reexamined,” Entropy 15, 3297-311 (2013).

M. J. Berry, Tkacik, G.
et al., “A simple method for estimating the entropy of neural activity,” J. Stat. Mech Thy Exp 3, 1-20 (2013).

F. L. Lambert
et al., “The Misinterpretation of Entropy as “Disorder”,” J. Chem. Ed. 1-1 (2012).

H. S. Leff
et al., “Removing the mystery of entropy and thermodynamics—Part V,” Phys. Teach. 50, 274-76 (2012).

H. S. Leff
et al., “Removing the Mystery of Entropy and Thermodynamics—Part IV,” Phys. Teach. 50, 215-17 (2012).

H. S. Leff
et al., “Removing the Mystery of Entropy and Thermodynamics—Part III,” Phys. Teach. 50, 170-72 (2012).

H. S. Leff
et al., “Removing the mystery of entropy and thermodynamics—Part II,” Phys. Teach. 50, 87-90 (2012).

H. Leff
et al., “Removing the Mystery of Entropy and Thermodynamics-Part I,” Phys. Teach. 50, 28-31 (2012).

R. de Abreu, and Guerra, V.
et al., “Introducing thermodynamics through energy and entropy,” Am. J. Phys. 80, 627 (2012).

R. H. Swendsen
et al., “Choosing a Definition of Entropy that Works,” Found. Phys. 42, 582-93 (2012).

T. G. Amin, Jeppsson, F.
et al., “Arrow of time: Metaphorical construals of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics,” Sci. Ed. 96, 818-48 (2012).

L. Cockcroft
et al., “What is entropy?,” RSC Adv. Chem. Sci. 1-5 (2011).

H. Saida
et al., “Universal Property of Quantum Gravity implied by Uniqueness Theorem of Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy,” Entropy 13, 1611-47 (2011).

J. F. Barbero G, and Villaseñor, E. J. S.
et al., “The thermodynamic limit and black hole entropy in the area ensemble,” Class.Quant. Gravity 28, 215014 (2011).

F. L. Lambert
et al., “The Conceptual Meaning of Thermodynamic Entropy in the 21st Century,” Int. Res. J. Pure & Appl. Chem. 1, 65-68 (2011).

S. Kolekar, and Padmanabhan, T.
et al., “Ideal gas in a strong gravitational field: Area dependence of entropy,” Phys. Rev. D 83, 1-12 (2011).

M. Tegmark
et al., “How unitary cosmology generalizes thermodynamics and solves the inflationary entropy problem,” arXiv.org hep-th, (2011).

R. H. Swendsen
et al., “How physicists disagree on the meaning of entropy,” Am. J. Phys. (2011).

A. Ben Naim
et al., “Entropy: Order or Information,” J. Chem. Ed. 88, 594-96 (2011).

T. Salagaram, and Chetty, N.
et al., “Enhancing the understanding of entropy through computation,” Am. J. Phys. 79, 1127 (2011).

M. G. Raizen
et al., “Demons, entropy and the quest for absolute zero,” Sci. Am. 56-59 (2011).

J. Baez
et al., “Can Gravity Decrease Entropy?,” http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/entropy.html 1-6 (2011).

J. M. Deutsch
et al., “Thermodynamic entropy of a many-body energy eigenstate,” New J. Phys. 1-20 (2010).

J. Olmsted III
et al., “Rescaling Temperature and Entropy,” J. Chem. Ed. 87, 1195-99 (2010).

B. Kolarczyk
et al., “Representing Entropy with Dispersion Sets,” Entropy (2010).

H. S. Leff, and Lambert, F. L.
et al., “Melding Two Approaches to Entropy,” J. Chem. Ed. 87, 143 (2010).

J. Dickau
et al., “Exploring the Connections between Energy, Entropy and Quantum Non-‐locality,” Prespacetime Journal 1, 1310-‐1325 (2010).

S. Jun, and Wright, A.
et al., “Entropy as the driver of chromosome segregation,” Nature Rev./Microbiology 8, 600-07 (2010).

D. Styer
et al., “Entropy and rust,” Am. J. Phys. 78, 1077 (2010).

F. L. Lambert, and Leff, H.
et al., “The Correlation of Standard Entropy with Enthalpy Supplied from 0 to 298.15 K,” J. Chem. Ed. 86, 94-98 (2009).

E. Kozliak
et al., “JCE 2009 (86) 1063 [Sep] Overcoming Misconceptions about Configurational Entropy in Condensed Phases,” J. Chem. Ed. 86, 1063-68 (2009).

Q.-R. Zhang
et al., “Information conservation, entropy increase and statistical irreversibility for an isolated system,” Physica A 388, 4041-44 (2009).

C. Beck
et al., “Generalised information and entropy measures in physics,” Contemp. Phys. 50, 495-510 (2009).

R. D. Klauber
et al., “Evolution and Earth’s Entropy,” Am. J. Phys. 77, 773 (2009).

C. A. Silva, and Annamalai, K.
et al., “Entropy Generation and Human Aging: Lifespan Entropy and Effect of Diet Composition and Caloric Restriction Diets,” J. Thermodynamics 2009, (2009).

S. Canagaratna
et al., “Zeroth Law, Entropy, Equilibrium, and All That,” J. Chem. Ed. (2008).

D. Sands
et al., “Thermodynamic entropy and the accessible states of some simple systems,” Eur. J. Phys. 29, 129-36 (2008).

J. Ladyman, Presnell, S.
et al., “The use of the information-theoretic entropy in thermodynamics,” Stud. Hist. Phil. Sci. Part B: Stud. Hist. Mod. Phys. 39, 315-24 (2008).

E. Kozliak, and Lambert, F.
et al., “Residual Entropy, the Third Law and Latent Heat,” Entropy (2008).

R. H. Swendsen
et al., “Gibbs’ Paradox and the Definition of Entropy,” Entropy 10, 15-18 (2008).

D. Sagan
et al., “From producing entropy to reducing gradients to spreading energy: Understanding the essence of the second law,” AIP Conf. Proc. 1033, 194 (2008).

D. Styer
et al., “Entropy and evolution,” Am. J. Phys. 76, 1030-33 (2008).

I. Müller
et al., “Entropy and Energy, – a Universal Competition,” Entropy 10, 462-76 (2008).

J. Floyd
et al., “Thermo, entropy, disorder, future,” Futures 39, 1029-44 (2007).

H. S. Leff
et al., “Entropy, Its Language, and Interpretation,” Found. Phys. 37, 1744-66 (2007).

E. B. N. B. Starikov
et al., “Enthalpy-Entropy Compensation: A Phantom or Something Useful?,” J. Phys. Chem. B 111, 14431-35 (2007).

E. I. Kozliak
et al., “Consistent application of the Boltzmann distribution to residual entropy in crystals,” J. Chem. Ed. 84, 493-98 (2007).

F. L. Lambert
et al., “Configurational Entropy Revisited,” J. Chem. Ed. 84, 1548-50 (2007).

A. Ben-Naim
et al., “The entropy of mixing and assimilation: An information-theoretical perspective,” Am. J. Phys. 74, 1126-35 (2006).

R. H. Swendsen
et al., “Statistical mechanics of colloids and Boltzmann’s definition of the entropy,” Am. J. Phys. 74, 187-90 (2006).

A. H. Jungermann
et al., “Entropy and the Shelf Model: A Quantum Physical Approach to a Physical Property,” J. Chem. Ed. 83, 1686 (2006).

J.-B. Brissaud
et al., “The meanings of entropy,” Entropy 7, 68-96 (2005).

C. G. Chakrabarti, and Chakrabarty, I.
et al., “Shannon entropy: axiomatic characterization and application,” Int. J. Math. Sci. 2005, 2847-54 (2005).

R. H. Swendsen
et al., “Response to Nagle’s Criticism of My Proposed Definition of the Entropy,” J. Stat. Phys. 117, 1063-70 (2004).

H. D. B. Jenkins, and Glasser, L.
et al., “Standard Absolute Entropy, Values from Volume or Density. 1. Inorganic Materials,” Inorg. Chem. 42, 8702-08 (2003).

J. N. Spencer, and Lowe, J. P.
et al., “Entropy: The Effects of Distinguishability,” J. Chem. Ed. 80, 1417-24 (2003).

N. C. Craig
et al., “Campbell‘s Rule for Estimating Entropy Changes in Gas-Producing and Gas-Consuming Reactions and Related Generalizations about Entropies and Enthalpies,” J. Chem. Ed. 80, 1432-36 (2003).

F. L. Lambert
et al., “Entropy is simple, qualitatively,” J. Chem. Ed. 79, 1241-46 (2002).

L. A. Watson, and Eisenstein, O.
et al., “Entropy Explained: The Origin of Some Simple Trends W,” Issues (2002).

A. Cornish-Bowden
et al., “Enthalpy–entropy compensation: a phantom phenomenon,” J. Biosci. 27, 121-26 (2002).

F. L. Lambert
et al., “Disorder--A Cracked Crutch for Supporting Entropy Discussions

,” J. Chem. Ed. 79, 187-92 (2002).

D. C. Schoepf
et al., “A statistical development of entropy for the introductory physics course,” Am. J. Phys. 70, 128 (2002).

I. K. Howard
et al., “S is for Entropy. U is for Energy. What Was Clausius Thinking?,” J. Chem. Ed. 78, 505 (2001).

S. Mafé, Manzanares, J. A.
et al., “On the use of the statistical definition of entropy to justify Planck’s form of the third law of thermodynamics,” Am. J. Phys. 68, 932 (2000).

D. Styer
et al., “Insight into entropy,” Am. J. Phys. (2000).

C. G. Chakrabarti, and De, K.
et al., “Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy: axiomatic characterization and application,” Int. J. Math. Sci. 23, 243-51 (2000).

E. H. Lieb, and Yngvason, J.
et al., “A Fresh Look at Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics,” arXiv.org math-ph, (2000).

H. S. Leff
et al., “What if entropy were dimensionless?,” Am. J. Phys. 67, 1114 (1999).

J. Earman, and Norton, J. D.
et al., “Exorcist XIV: The Wrath of Maxwell’s Demon. Part II. From Szilard to Landauer and Beyond,” Stud. Hist. Phil. Mod. Phys. 30, 1-40 (1999).

J. Machta
et al., “Entropy, information, and computation,” Am. J. Phys. 67, 1074 (1999).

B. B. Laird
et al., “Entropy, Disorder, and Freezing,” J. Chem. Ed. 76, 1388 (1999).

V. Ambegaokar, and Clerk, A. A.
et al., “Entropy and time,” Am. J. Phys. 67, 1068-73 (1999).

D. Wilfong, Weiss, P.
et al., “Still more faces of entropy.,” Sci. News 154, 211-17 (1998).

J. Earman, and Norton, J. D.
et al., “Exorcist XIV: the wrath of Maxwell’s demon. Part I. From Maxwell to Szilard,” Stud. Hist. Phil. Mod. Phys. 29, 435-71 (1998).

P. Weiss
et al., “Another face of entropy,” Sci. News 154, 108-09 (1998).

E. H. Lieb, and Yngvason, J.
et al., “A Guide to Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics,” arXiv.org math-ph, (1998).

H. S. Leff
et al., “Thermodynamic entropy: The spreading and sharing of energy,” Am. J. Phys. 64, 1261 (1996).

J. S. Thomsen, and Bers, H. C.
et al., “The reversible process: A zero-entropy-production limit,” Am. J. Phys. 64, 580 (1996).

A. Bejan
et al., “Models of power planst that generate minimum entropy while operating at maximum power,” Am. J. Phys. 64, 1054-59 (1996).

R. Baierlein
et al., “Entropy and the second law: A pedagogical alternative,” Am. J. Phys. 62, 15-25 (1994).

J. L. Lebowitz
et al., “Boltzmann’s entropy and time’s arrow,” Phys. Today 32-38 (1993).

R. M. Swanson
et al., “Entropy measures amount of choice,” J. Chem. Ed. 67, 206-08 (1990).

W. H. Zurek
et al., “Algorithmic randomness and physical entropy,” Phys. Rev. A 40, 4731-51 (1989).

J. P. Lowe
et al., “Entropy: Conceptual disorder,” J. Chem. Ed. 65, 403-06 (1988).

D. Dieks, and van Dijk, V.
et al., “Another look at the quantum mechanical entropy of mixing,” Am. J. Phys. (1988).

J. S. Wicken
et al., “Entropy and information: suggestions for common language,” Phil. Sci. 54, 176-93 (1987).

M. Grabowski
et al., “The entropy of position and the spreading of wave packets,” Rep. Math. Phys (1986).

W. H. Cropper
et al., “Rudolf Clausius and the road to entropy,” Am. J. Phys. 54, 1068 (1986).

R. G. Keesing
et al., “Lost work and the entropy of mixing,” Eur. J. Phys 7, 266-68 (1986).

G. Falk
et al., “Entropy, a resurrection of caloric-a look at the history of thermodynamics,” Eur. J. Phys 6, 108-15 (1985).

P. T. Landsberg
et al., “Is equilibrium always an entropy maximum?,” J. Stat. Phys. 35, 159-69 (1984).

M. M. Julian, Stillinger, F. H.
et al., “The Third Law of Thermodynamics and the residual entropy of ice: “Stillwater” or SH2Of, T= 0= 0,” J. Chem. Ed. 60, 65 (1983).

S. Frautschi
et al., “Entropy in an expanding universe,” Science 217, 593-99 (1982).

M. Grabowski
et al., “The spreading of free wave packets and the entropy of position,” J. Math. Phys. (1981).

A. E. Curzon, and Leff, H. S.
et al., “Resolution of an entropy maximization controversy,” Am. J. Phys. 47, 385-86 (1979).

A. Wehrl
et al., “General properties of entropy,” Rev. Mod. Phys. 50, 221-60 (1978).

L. W. Bruch, Schick, M.
et al., “Limitation on the quantum-mechanical extension of Baierlein’s entropy theorem,” Am. J. Phys. 44, 1007-08 (1976).

L. W. Bruch, Schick, M.
et al., “Limitation on the quantum-mechanical extension of Baierlein’s entropy theorem,” Am. J. Phys. 44, 1007-08 (1976).

H. Leff, and Jones, G. L.
et al., “Irreversibility, entropy production, and thermal efficiency,” Am. J. Phys. 43, 973 (1975).

H. S. Leff
et al., “Entropy changes in real gases and liquids,” Am. J. Phys. 43, 1098-100 (1975).

A. M. Lesk
et al., “Entropy changes in isothermal expansions of real gases,” Am. J. Phys. 42, 1030-33 (1974).

M. V. Sussman
et al., “Entropy and Maxwell’s Demon:*A Simple Demonstration of Entropyand Other Important Characteristicsof Matter and Energy,” Sci. Am. 58, 7-15 (1974).

H. Falk
et al., “Uncertainty and Entropy,” Am. J. Phys. (1972).

D. Hestenes
et al., “Entropy and indistinguishability,” Am. J. Phys. 38, 840 (1970).

P. G. Wright
et al., “Entropy and disorder,” Contemp. Phys. 11, 581-88 (1970).

H. S. Leff
et al., “Entropy differences between ideal and nonideal systems,” Am. J. Phys. 37, 548-53 (1969).

R. Bartels, and Goring, G.
et al., “The Derivatives of the Entropy at Absolute Zero,” Am. J. Phys. 36, 1018-19 (1968).

H. Falk, and Adler, E.
et al., “Quantum counterpart of Gibbs theorem on entropy and statistical dependence,” Phys. Rev. 168, 185-87 (1968).

R. Baierlein
et al., “Forces, Uncertainty, and the Gibbs Entropy,” Am. J. Phys. (1968).

K. W. Ford
et al., “Probability and entropy in thermodynamics,” Phys. Teach. 5, 77-82 (1967).

D. H. Frisch
et al., “The Microscopic Interpretation of Entropy,” Am. J. Phys. 34, 1171 (1966).

R. C. Plumb
et al., “Teaching the Entropy Concept,” J. Chem. Ed. 41, 254-56 (1964).

H. Grad
et al., “The many faces of entropy,” Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 14, 323-54 (1961).

J. M. Burgers
et al., “Entropy and disorder,” British J. Philos. Sci 5, 70-71 (1954).

M. J. Klein
et al., “Order, organisation and entropy,” Brit. J.Phil. Sci. 4, 158 (1953).

K. K. Darrow
et al., “The concept of entropy,” Am. J. Phys. 12, 183-96 (1944).

W. Harkins, Young, T.
et al., “The thermodynamics of films: Energy and entropy of extension and spreading of insoluble monolayers,” J. Chem. Phys. (1940).

G. A. Linhart
et al., “Correlation of Heat Capacity, Absolute Temperature and Entropy,” J. Chem. Phys. 1, 795 (1933).

T. A. Hazelhurst
et al., “EXORCISING A SPECTRE: ENTROPY,” J. Chem. Ed. 8, 498 (1931).

L. Szilard
et al., “On the decrease of entropy in a thermodynamic system by the intervention of intelligent beings,” Z. f. Physik 53, 840-56 (1929).


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