TY - JOUR
TI - Research in entropy wonterland: A review of the entropy concept
AU - Popović Marko E
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2018
VL - 22
IS - 2
SP - 1163
EP - 1178
PT - Article
AB - The entropy concept was introduced in the mid-nineteenth century by Clausius  and has been continually enriched, developed and interpreted by researchers  in many scientific disciplines. The use of entropy in a wide range of fields  has led to inconsistencies in its application and interpretation, as  summarized by von Neuman “No one knows what entropy really is.” To resolve  this problem, thermodynamics and other scientific disciplines face several  crucial questions concerning the entropy concept: (1) What is the physical  meaning of entropy? (2) Is entropy a subjective or an objective property? (3)  How to apply entropy to living organisms? To answer these questions, this  paper describes the roots, the conceptual history of this important concept,  as well as the path of development and application in various scientific  disciplines, including classical thermodynamics, nonequilibrium  thermodynamics, statistical mechanics and life sciences.