entropy

shang shang, di

Rudolf Clausius

1
2 A 1 2
A

Ludwig Boltzmann
W
W

V N

NV

2V

2V

2N
N

Rln2

James
Clerk Maxwell

Rln2

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p i= 1 / 2

I=Alog2
20I=Alog1.6=0.47A

bitlog22=1 bit

Maxwell demon

1mol

Claude E. Shannon

(information entropy)

p
IAlog correct
pi

1K
J

molK
Gilbert

Newton Lewis

pcorrect

Gain in entropy always means

piA

the loss of information and nothing more. It is a sub-

jective concept, but we can express in its least subjec-

tive form.

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