Thermodynamics A Complete Undergraduate Course

Andrew M. Steane, "Thermodynamics: A Complete Undergraduate Course"
English | ISBN: 0198788568, 0198788576 | 2016 | PDF | 464 pages | 9 MB
The role of thermodynamics in modern physics is not just to provide an approximate treatment of large thermal systems, but, more importantly, to provide an organising set of ideas. Thermodynamics: A complete undergraduate course presents thermodynamics as a self-contained and elegant set of ideas and methods. It unfolds thermodynamics for undergraduate students of physics, chemistry or engineering, beginning at first year level. The book introduces the necessary mathematical methods, assuming almost no prior knowledge, and explains concepts such as entropy and free energy at length, with many examples.