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Department of Mechanical Engineering
6.050J/2.110J – Information, Entropy and Computation – Spring 2014

Unit 11: Energy

Schedule

Lecture Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014, 1:00 PM Room 5-234
Recitation Friday, May 2, 2014, 1:00 PM Room 5-234

Lecture Handouts

Students who for any reason did not receive these items can pick them up in Room 38-344. Most of this material is also available on the 6.050J/2.110J Web site http://mtlsites.mit.edu/Courses/6.050.

Reading Assignment


Resources

Technical

Seminal papers on the Principle of Maximum Entropy by Edwin T. Jaynes (July 5, 1922 – April 30, 1998):

Historical

Books

There are many textbooks on thermodynamics and energy conversion.


Help Wanted

6.050J/2.110J students: be the first to suggest a resource, for example a useful Web site or a good book or article, to add to the list above. Send your suggestion by e-mail during Spring 2014 to 6.050-staff at mit.edu.


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