Understanding thermodynamics / H.C. van Ness

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Ness, H. C. (Hendrick C.), author.

Series:

Dover books on mathematics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thermodynamics.

Local Subjects:

Thermodynamics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (156 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 1983

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Grappling with the first and second laws of thermodynamics can test the intellectual mettle of even the most dedicated student of the physical sciences. Approaching the subject for the first time may raise more queries and doubts than are usually handled in the basic, straightforward textbook.Based on a series of lectures delivered to 500 sophomore engineering students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Van Neer's clear, lucid treatment is readily comprehensible by undergraduate-level science and engineering students. His language is informal, his examples are vivid and lively, his per

Contents:

DOVER BOOKS ON MATHEMATICS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; 1 - Energy Conservation-The First Law of Thermodynamics; 2 - The Concept of Reversibility; 3 - Heat Engines; 4 - Power Plants; 5 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics; 6 - More on the Second Law; 7 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics; DOVER BOOKS - IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Unabridged and corrected republication of the work originally published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, N.Y., in 1969

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780486132280

0486132285

9781621986256

162198625X

OCLC:

868272805