Entropy and the Time Evolution of Macroscopic Systems

Introduction 2. Some Clarification from Another Direction 3. The Probability Connection 4. Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics 5. The Presumed Extensivity of Entropy 6. Nonequilibrium States 7. Steady-State Processes 8. Sources and Time-Dependent Proceses 9. Thermal Driving 10. Application to Fluid Dynamics 11. Irreversibility, Relaxation, and the Approach to Equilibrium 12. Entropy Production and Dissipation Rates A. Perturbation Theory B. Dissipative Currents and Galilean Invariance C. Analytic Continuation of Covariance Functions