Entropy for Biologists. An Introduction to Thermodynamics

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xi-xiii
CHAPTER I - Temperature, Pages 1-6
CHAPTER II - Energy, Pages 7-14
CHAPTER III - Introduction to Kinetic Theory, Pages 15-23
CHAPTER IV - Total Energy, Pages 25-30
CHAPTER V - The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Pages 31-44
CHAPTER VI - The Entropy Function, Pages 45-60
CHAPTER VII - Probability and Information, Pages 61-71
CHAPTER VIII - Introduction to Statistical Mechanics, Pages 73-88
CHAPTER IX - The Relation between Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Pages 89-103
CHAPTER X - Entropy, Information, and Energy, Pages 105-112
CHAPTER XI - Free-Energy Functions, Pages 113-132
CHAPTER XII - Thermal Energy, Pages 133-143
CHAPTER XIII - Applications of the Gibbs Free Energy and the Gibbs Chemical Potential, Pages 145-156
CHAPTER XIV - Measurement in Thermal Physics, Pages 157-163
CHAPTER XV - Entropy and Biology, Pages 165-169
APPENDIX I - Conservation of Mechanical Energy: General Treatment, Pages 171-175
APPENDIX II - The Proof of the Equivalence of the Perfect-Gas Temperature Scale and the Absolute Thermodynamic Temperature Scale, Pages 177-183
APPENDIX III - Entropy of a Perfect Gas, Pages 185-186
APPENDIX IV - Stirling\'s Approximation, Pages 187-188
APPENDIX V - Evaluation of the Partition Function of a Perfect Gas, Page 189
Index, Pages 191-195