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" Thermal physics : "
Allen L. Wasserman.
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BL
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697621
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b519810
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| Main Entry
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Wasserman, Allen L.
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| Title & Author
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Thermal physics : : concepts and practice /\ Allen L. Wasserman.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2012.
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xiii, 303 p. ;; 26 cm.
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110700649X (hardback)
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: 9781107006492 (hardback)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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1. Introducing thermodynamics -- 2. A road to thermodynamics -- 3. Work, heat and the First Law -- 4. A mathematical digression -- 5. Thermodynamics potentials -- 6. Knowing the "unknowable" -- 7. The ideal gas -- 8. The 2-level system -- 9. Lattice heat capacity -- 10. Elastomers :entropy springs -- 11. Magnetic thermodynamics -- 12. Open systems -- 13. The amazing chemical potential -- 14. Thermodynamics of radiation -- 15. Ideal Fermi gas -- 16. Ideal Bose-Einstein system -- 17. Thermodynamics and the cosmic microwave background.
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| Abstract
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"Thermodynamics has benefited from nearly 100 years of parallel development with quantum mechanics. As a result, thermal physics has been considerably enriched in concepts, technique and purpose, and now has a dominant role in the developments of physics, chemistry and biology. This unique book explores the meaning and application of these developments using quantum theory as the starting point. The book links thermal physics and quantum mechanics in a natural way. Concepts are combined with interesting examples, and entire chapters are dedicated to applying the principles to familiar, practical and unusual situations. Together with end-of-chapter exercises, this book gives advanced undergraduate and graduate students a modern perception and appreciation for this remarkable subject"--
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Entropy.
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Statistical mechanics.
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Thermodynamics.
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QC311.W37 2012
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