A Survey of Thermodynamics

A Survey of Thermodynamics

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 480 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780883187975
  • DDC分類 536.7

Full Description

This is a graduate-level text for courses in thermodynamics, which also serves as a reference for professional physicists. This text emphasizes the historical development of the subject and is broad in scope, covering the evolution of the topic from the time of Galileo to the modern thermodynamics of Clasuius and Kelvin; theory, applications, and phase transitions; and microscopic theories, statistical mechanics, and the thermodynamics of special relativity. The book includes problems and exercises.

Contents

Partial Contents: 1. Temperature and equilibrium. 2. Heat and work. 3. The emergence of thermodynamics. 4. Entropy and the Second Law. 5. Special topics. 6. Equilibrium thermodynamics. 7. Applications. 8. Secondary Effects; the Third Law of Thermodynamics. 9. Phase Transitions. 10. Microscopic Theories. 11. Statistical Mechanics. 12. Thermodynamics in Special Relativity.