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Concepts in Thermal Physics

By Stephen Blundell , Katherine Blundell

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0198567707, 9780198567707, 9781435609723
Open Library ID
OL7401126M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6197634 bytes)
Pages
488\483
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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 background to their discovery. Applications are presented to subjects as diverse as stellar astrophysics, information and communication theory, condensed matter physics and climate change. Each chapter concludes with detailed exercises.

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