Modern thermodynamics : from heat engines to dissipative structures / Dilip Kondepudi, Ilya Prigogine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kondepudi, Dilip, 1952- author.

Prigogine, I. (Ilya), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thermodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (552 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Wiley 2014

Summary:

Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition presents a comprehensive introduction to 20th century thermodynamics that can be applied to both equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, unifying what was traditionally divided into 'thermodynamics' and 'kinetics' into one theory of irreversible processes. This comprehensive text, suitable for introductory as well as advanced courses on thermodynamics, has been widely used by chemists, physicists, engineers and geologists. Fully revised and expanded, this new edition includes the following updates and features: * Includes a completely new chapter on Principles of Statistical Thermodynamics. * Presents new material on solar and wind energy flows and energy flows of interest to engineering. * Covers new material on self-organization in non-equilibrium systems and the thermodynamics of small systems. * Highlights a wide range of applications relevant to students across physical sciences and engineering courses. * Introduces students to computational methods using updated Mathematica codes. * Includes problem sets to help the reader understand and apply the principles introduced throughout the text. * Solutions to exercises and supplementary lecture material provided online at http://sites.google.com/site/modernthermodynamics/. Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students taking a course in thermodynamics.

Contents:

I Historical roots: from heat engines to cosmology

1. Basic Concepts and the Laws of Gases

2. The First Law of Thermodynamics

3. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time

4. Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions

II Equilibrium Thermodynamics

5. Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamic Relations

6. Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids

7. Thermodynamics of Phase Change

8. Thermodynamics of Solutions

9. Thermodynamics of Chemical Transformations

10 Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom

11. Thermodynamics of Radiation

III Fluctuations And Stability

12. The Gibbs Stability Theory

13. Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity

14. Entropy Production, Fluctuations and Small Systems

IV Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics

15. Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations

16. Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime

17. Nonequilibrium Stationary States and Their Stability: Linear Regime

V Order Through Fluctuations

18. Nonlinear Thermodynamics

19. Dissipative Structures

20. Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics

21. Self-Organization and Dissipative Structures in Nature.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118698709

1118698703

9781118698723

111869872X

9781118698716

1118698711

OCLC:

894790742