Science of Heat and Thermophysical Studies: A Generalized Approach to Thermal Analysis

By Jaroslav Sestak

Science of Heat and Thermophysical Studies provides a non-traditional bridging of historical, philosophical, societal and scientific aspects of heat with a comprehensive approach to the field of generalized thermodynamics. It involves Greek philosophical views and their impact on the development of contemporary ideas. Covered topics include:

- the concept of heat - thermometry and calorimetry - early concepts of temperature and its gradients - non-equilibrium and quantum thermodynamics - chemical kinetics - entropy, order and information - thermal science applied to economy(econophysics), ecosystems, and process dynamics or mesoscopic scales (quantum diffusion) - importance of energy science and its influence to societal life

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444519548
• ISBN13: 9780444519542
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 486 Pages
• Weight: 2.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.7"