Notices of the American Mathematical Society
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Featured Articles and Invitations from the AMS
A Guide to Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Elliott H. Lieb and Jakob Yngvason
Entropy is a measure of the irreversibility of energy-preserving processes in classical thermodynamics, but its exact definition often founders in imprecision. The authors sketch a recent rigorous development of entropy in terms of physically reasonable axioms.
Bonn's Max Planck Institute: A New Building and a New Era
Allyn Jackson
The MPI in Bonn is one of the world's premier centers for mathematics research. Its upcoming move to a new building in the center of Bonn's old town provides an occasion for examining the MPI's history and future.
Mathematicians and the National Eighth-Grade Test
Hyman Bass
The chair of the AMS Committee on Education offers reflections on his experiences in working on specifications for the Voluntary National Mathematics Test.