Thermal Physics - Energy and Entropy

A fresh introduction to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and the study of matter for undergraduate courses.

List of contents

1. The basic ideas of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics; 2. The care and feeding of thermodynamic variables; 3. Gases and other matters; 4. The laws of thermodynamics; 5. The Boltzmann factor and the density of states; 6. Thermodynamic functions; 7. Statistical mechanics for fixed and variable N; 8. More advanced topics; 9. Solutions; Index.

About the author

David Goodstein is the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. He has extensive research experience in condensed matter physics, and his book States of Matter (1975) was hailed as launching this important field. He directed and hosted the popular television series The Mechanical Universe, based on his lectures at Caltech.

Product details

• Authors: David Goodstein, David L. Goodstein
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.02.2015
• EAN: 9781107080119
• ISBN: 978-1-107-08011-9
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Thermodynamics; SCIENCE / Physics / General, Physics, Statistical physics, Mathematics & science, Thermodynamics and heat