Concise Introduction to Thermodynamics for Physicists

This concise and compact introductory textbook on thermodynamics is designed for undergraduate students in physics, physics engineering, biophysics and biomedical engineering who are being exposed to the ideas and concepts of thermal physics for the first time.

List of contents

1 Thermodynamics Key Concepts 2 The First Law 3 The Second Law 4 The Third Law 5 Thermodynamic Potentials 6 Thermodynamics of Extensive Systems 7 Phase Transitions 8 Magnetic Systems 9 Thermal Radiation

About the author

Patrícia Faísca is Assistant Professor (with habilitation) in the Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, at the University of Lisbon, and principal investigator at the Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute. She received a PhD in Physics in 2002 from the University of Warwick as part of the Gulbenkian PhD Program in Biology and Medicine. She has a broad interdisciplinary education covering Physics, Biology and Mathematics. Her fields of interest include biological physics, thermodynamics, and statistical physics.

Summary

This concise and compact introductory textbook on thermodynamics is designed for undergraduate students in physics, physics engineering, biophysics and biomedical engineering who are being exposed to the ideas and concepts of thermal physics for the first time.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Faisca
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780367550844
• ISBN: 978-0-367-55084-4
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Thermodynamics; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Mechanics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics & heat, Thermodynamics and heat