Concepts in thermal physics:
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Main Author: Blundell, Stephen 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2006
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Preliminaries -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Transport and thermal diffusion -- The first law -- The second law -- Thermodynamics in action -- Statistical mechanics -- Beyond the ideal gas -- Special topics
This modern introduction to thermal physics contains a step-by-step presentation of the key concepts. The text is copiously illustrated and each chapter contains several worked examples. - ;An understanding of thermal physics is crucial to much of modern physics, chemistry and engineering. This book provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are carefully presented in a clear way, and new ideas are illustrated with copious worked examples as well as a description of the historical b
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 464 p.)
ISBN:0191524409
9780191524400
9780198567691
9780198567707

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