Concepts in thermal physics / Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blundell, Stephen, 1967-

Contributor:

Blundell, Katherine M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heat.

Statistical mechanics.

Thermodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (483 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Contents; 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; A: Fundamental constants; B: Useful formulae; C: Useful mathematics; D: The electromagnetic spectrum; E: Some thermodynamical definitions; F: Thermodynamic expansion formulae; G: Reduced mass; H: Glossary of main symbols; I: Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-16025-3

9786611160258

0-19-152440-9

1-4356-0972-7

OCLC:

609829840