Concepts in Thermal Physics

by Stephen Blundell, Katherine Blundell, Stephen J. Blundell

Book Overview

An understanding of thermal physics is crucial to much of modern physics, chemistry and engineering. This book provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are carefully presented in a clear way, and new ideas are illustrated with copious worked examples as well as a description of the historical background to their discovery. Applications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198567707
• ISBN13: 9780198567707
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.6" x 7.4"