This book is an introduction to terrestial magnetohydrodynamics. It is a compendium of introductory lectures by experts in the field, focussing on applications in industry and the laboratory. A concise overview of the subject with references to further study.

Entropy is the most important and the most difficult to understand term of thermodynamics. This book helps make this key concept understandable. It includes seven illustrative examples of applications of entropy, which are presented step by step. This book presents an accurate definition of entropy in classical thermodynamics which does not 'put the cart before the horse' and is suitable for basic and advanced university courses in thermodynamics.

Mit den traditionellen Ansatzen zur Herleitung der Entropie ist es nicht einfach, diese bedeutende Groe der Thermodynamik zu verstehen. In diesem Buch wird eine neue, wesentlich besser strukturierte Herleitung und Formulierung wiedergegeben, die auch fur die universitare Grundausbildung geeignet ist.

Entropy - the key concept of thermodynamics, clearly explained and carefully illustrated. This book presents an accurate definition of entropy in classical thermodynamics which does not "put the cart before the horse" and is suitable for basic and advanced university courses in thermodynamics. Entropy is the most important and at the same time the most difficult term of thermodynamics to understand. Many students are discontent with its classical definition since it is either based on "temperature" and "heat" which both cannot be accurately defined without entropy, or since it includes...