Hardy, Robert J., 1935- author.
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics : an integrated approach / Professor Robert J. Hardy and Professor Christian Binek. - Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., c2014. - xiv, 518 pages : illustrations, 25 cm
Includes index.
First law of thermodynamics -- Properties and partial derivatives -- Processes in gases -- Phase transitions -- Reversible and irreversible processes -- The second law and carnot cycles -- Temperature scales and absolute zero -- State space and differentials -- Entropy -- Consequences of existence of entropy -- Thermodynamic potentials -- Phase transitions and open systems -- Dielectric and magnetic systems -- Molecular models -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Microscopic significance of entropy -- Ensembles -- Partition function -- Quantum systems -- Independent particles and paramagnetism -- Fluctuations and energy distributions -- Generalizations and diatomic gasesi -- Photons and phonons -- Grand canonical ensemble -- Fermions and bosons -- Fermi and bose gases -- Inter-particle interactions -- Computer simulations
This textbook brings together the fundamentals of the macroscopic and microscopic aspects of thermal physics by presenting thermodynamics and statistical mechanics as complementary theories based on small numbers of postulates.
English text.
9781118501016
Thermodynamics --Textbooks.
Statistical mechanics --Textbooks.
Statistical mechanics.
Thermodynamics.
CIR QC 311 / H37 2014
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics : an integrated approach / Professor Robert J. Hardy and Professor Christian Binek. - Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., c2014. - xiv, 518 pages : illustrations, 25 cm
Includes index.
First law of thermodynamics -- Properties and partial derivatives -- Processes in gases -- Phase transitions -- Reversible and irreversible processes -- The second law and carnot cycles -- Temperature scales and absolute zero -- State space and differentials -- Entropy -- Consequences of existence of entropy -- Thermodynamic potentials -- Phase transitions and open systems -- Dielectric and magnetic systems -- Molecular models -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Microscopic significance of entropy -- Ensembles -- Partition function -- Quantum systems -- Independent particles and paramagnetism -- Fluctuations and energy distributions -- Generalizations and diatomic gasesi -- Photons and phonons -- Grand canonical ensemble -- Fermions and bosons -- Fermi and bose gases -- Inter-particle interactions -- Computer simulations
This textbook brings together the fundamentals of the macroscopic and microscopic aspects of thermal physics by presenting thermodynamics and statistical mechanics as complementary theories based on small numbers of postulates.
English text.
9781118501016
Thermodynamics --Textbooks.
Statistical mechanics --Textbooks.
Statistical mechanics.
Thermodynamics.
CIR QC 311 / H37 2014