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Issue 1 (January 2002) pages 1-34

Avshalom Elitzur
Associate Editor, ENTROPY (ISSN 1099-4300), Unit for Interdisciplinary Studies, Bar-IlanUniversity, 52900 Ramat-Gan, Israel. E-mail: avshalom.elitzur@weizmann.ac.il, http://www.weizmann.ac.il/chemphys/elitzur/
Editorial: Entropy Enters Its Fourth Year
Entropy 2002, 4, 1-2 (Full text in PDF form, 11 K)

V. Dzhunushaliev ¹ and D. Singleton ²
1. Dept.Phys. and Microel.Engineer., Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Bishkek, Kievskaya, Str.44,720000, Kyrgyz Republic. E-mail:dzhun@hotmail.kg
2. Physics Dept., CSU Fresno, 2345 East San Ramon Ave. M/S 37 Fresno, CA 93740-8031, USA. E-mail:dougs@csufresno.edu
Algorithmic Complexity in Cosmology and Quantum Gravity
Entropy 2002, 4, 3-31 (Full text in PDF form, 201 K; ps, 499 K; tex, 82 K)

Richard L. Coren
Emeritus Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Tel: 215-646-1024, FAX: 215-646-5523, e-mail: corenr@coe.drexel.edu
Communication: Comments on "A Law of Information Growth"
Entropy 2002, 4, 32-34 (Full text in PDF form, 201 K)

Mark Broom
School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, United Kingdom. Tel. 0044 1273 877243 Fax 0044 1273 678097. E-mail: m.broom@sussex.ac.uk
Using Game Theory to Model the Evolution of Information: an Illustrative Game
Entropy 2002, 4, 35-46 (Full text in PDF form, 117 K)

Shu-Kun Lin
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Saengergasse 25, CH-4054 Basel, Switzerland Tel.: +41 79 322 3379, E-mail: lin@mdpi.org, URL: http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
Book Review: Symmetry 2000. Editors: Istvan Hargittai (hargittai@tki.aak.bme.hu, Budapest Technical University, Hungary) and  Torvard C. Laurent (Torvard.Laurent@imbim.uu.se ,University of Uppsala, Sweden). Portland Press: London, January 2002, Hardbound. 627pp. GBP 110. ISBN 1-85578-149-2
Entropy 2002, 4, 47-48 (Full text in PDF form, 10 K)

Winfried Zimdahl  ¹ and Alexander B. Balakin ²
1. Fachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, PF M678, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany. E-mail: winfried.zimdahl@uni-konstanz.de
2. Department of General Relativity and Gravitation, Kazan State University, 420008 Kazan, Russia. E-mail: Alexander.Balakin@ksu.ru
Conformal Symmetry and Cosmological Entropy Production
Entropy 2002, 4, 49-64 (Full text in PDF form, 197 K)

L. Andrianopoli ¹ and R. D'Auria ²
1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Torino and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) - Sezione di Torino, Italy. E-mail: andrianopoli@athena.polito.it
2. Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Torino and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) - Sezione di Torino, Italy. E-mail: dauria@polito.it
Review: Extremal Black Holes in Supergravity and the Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy
Entropy 2002, 4, 65-127 (Full text in PDF form, 563 K)

Pharis E. Williams
Williams Research Corporation, 1305 Hilton Place, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
Tel. (505) 835-4007; Fax (505) 835-2034 (willres@sdc.org)
Review: Energy and Entropy as the Fundaments of Theoretical Physics
Entropy 2002, 4, 128-141 (Full text in PDF form, 97 K; full text in html, 56 K; full text in MS Word, 77K)

Paolo Rocchi
IBM, via Shangai 53, 00144 Roma, Italy
Tel. +39 6 5966 5213; Fax +39 6 5966 5212 (paolorocchi@it.ibm.com)
Boltzmann-like Entropy in Reliability Theory
Entropy 2002, 4, 142-150 (Full text in PDF form, 36 K)

Pharis E. Williams
Williams Research Corporation, 1305 Hilton Place, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
Tel. (505) 835-4007; Fax (505) 835-2034 (willres@sdc.org)
Corrections and Addition: Energy and Entropy as the Fundaments of Theoretical Physics. Entropy 2002, 4, 128-141
Entropy 2002, 4, 151 (Full text in PDF form, 95 K)

Jozef Sima and Miroslav Sukenik
Slovak Technical University, FCHPT, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia. E-mail: sima@chtf.stuba.sk
Entropy - Some Cosmological Questions Answered by Model of Expansive Nondecelerative Universe
Entropy 2002, 4, 152-164 (Full text in PDF form, 161 K)

Book Received: Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics. Ashley H. Carter (Drew University). Prentice Hall (http://vig.prenhall.com/): Upper Saddle River, NJ. 2001. Cloth; 432 pp. US: $96.00. ISBN: 0-13-779208-5
Entropy 2002, 4, 165-167 (Full text in PDF form, 105 K)

A. Iorio, G. Lambiase, and G. Vitiello
Dipartimento di Fisica "E.R. Caianiello" Universitá di Salerno, 84081 Baronissi (Sa), Italy.
INFN - Gruppo Collegato di Salerno, Italy.
E-mail: iorio,lambiase,vitiello@sa.infn.it
Entropy of Black Holes: A Quantum Algebraic Approach
Entropy 2002, 4, 168-182 (Full text in PDF form, 186 K)

Book Received: Quantum Limits to the Second Law: First International Conference on Quantum Limits to the Second Law, San Diego, California, 28-31 July 2002. Daniel P. Sheehan (University of San Diego, Department of Physics, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA, USA) (Editor). AIP Conference Proceedings 643. AIP: New York. November 2002. 522 pages; Hardcover; $165.00. ISBN 0-7354-0098-9 (http://proceedings.aip.org/proceedings/confproceed/643.jsp)
Entropy 2002, 4, 183 (Full text in PDF form, 80 K)