Finn's thermal physics
by Rex, Andrew
This fully updated and expanded new edition continues to provide the most readable, concise, and easy-to-follow introduction to thermal physics. While maintaining the style of the original work, the book now covers statistical mechanics and incorporates worked examples systematically throughout the text
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- Full title :Finn's thermal physics / Andrew Rex
Summary
This fully updated and expanded new edition continues to provide the most readable, concise, and easy-to-follow introduction to thermal physics. While maintaining the style of the original work, the book now covers statistical mechanics and incorporates worked examples systematically throughout the text
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- Publication Date:2017
- Edition:3rd edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
- Place of Publication:Boca Raton, Fla
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017
The Physical Object
- Description:xx, 366 p. ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781498718875 ((paperback)), 1498718876 ((paperback)), 9781138703780 ((hardback)), 1138703788 ((hardback))
- oclc:on1112677004
- LC Classification:QC311
- Dewey Decimal:536 .7
Table of Contents
Temperature -- Reversible processes and work -- The first law of thermodynamics -- The second law of thermodynamics -- Entropy -- Statistical mechanics -- The thermodynamic potentials and the Maxwell relations -- General thermodynamic relations -- Magnetic systems -- Phase changes -- Open systems and chemical potential -- The third law of thermodynamics -- Quantum statistics
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