An introduction to thermal physics / Daniel V. Schroeder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schroeder, Daniel V., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thermodynamics.

Statistical mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 422 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Thermal physics deals with collections of large numbers of particles - typically 10 to the 23rd power or so. Examples include the air in a balloon, the water in a lake, the electrons in a chunk of metal, and the photons given off by the sun. We can't possibly follow every detail of the motions of so many particles. So in thermal physics we assume that these motions are random, and we use the laws of probability to predict how the material as a whole ought to behave. Alternatively, we can measure the bulk properties of a material, and from these infer something about the particles it is made of. This book will give you a working understanding of thermal physics, assuming that you have already studied introductory physics and calculus. You will learn to apply the general laws of energy and entropy to engines, refrigerators, chemical reactions, phase transformations, and mixtures.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: San Francisco: Addison Wesley Longman, 1999.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780192648105

0192648101

9780191915000

0191915009

OCLC:

1242868273