Cargando…
Concepts in thermal physics /
This text provides a modern introduction to the main principles of thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are presented and new ideas are illustrated with worked examples as well as description of the historical background to their discovery.
| Clasificación: | QC254.2 B3.86 2010 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | |
| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
|
| Edición: | 2a ed. |
| Temas: |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- I. Preliminaries
- II. Kinetic theory of gases
- III. Transport and thermal diffusion
- IV. The first law
- V. The second law
- VI. Thermodynamics in action
- VII. Statistical mechanics
- VIII. Beyond the ideal gas
- IX. Special topics.