This book is unique in the following senses: First, it provides three different, but equivalent definitions of Entropy. Second, it provides a simple, valid, and proven interpretation of Entropy, and…

The molecular theory of water and aqueous solutions has only recently emerged as a new entity of research, although its roots may be found in age-old works.

Covers entropy and the second law of thermodynamics. This book paves the way for readers to discover for themselves what entropy is, how it changes, and, most importantly, why it…

China has made remarkable yet uneven progress in social development. This book analyses China’s achievements and problems in social development from the perspective of social investment. Social investment has gained…

Starts out by presenting the evidence for hydrophilic interactions in biochemical processes and then goes on to describe the applications of the hydrophilic interactions in these processes, specifically protein folding…

The book presents a clear and unique approach to statistical thermodynamics based on Shannon’s measure of information, and provides applications to problems of interest in the life sciences.There is no…

This book tells the story of a whole field of research which went disastrously wrong in many different directions when the wrong tools were used and the wrong targets aimed…

To avoid confusing the new quantities with those referred to conventionally in the literature as standard quantities of solvation, I called these nonconventional, generalized, and local standard quantities and attempted…