Concepts in Thermal Physics

Stephen Blundell, Katherine M. Blundell

488 pages, parution le 20/08/2006

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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 are presented to subjects as diverse as stellar astrophysics, information and communication theory, condensed matter physics, and climate change. Each chapter concludes with detailed exercises.

Readership: Advanced undergraduates and graduates in physics, chemistry, materials science and engineering. Researchers in physical science subjects wanting an accessible and relevant resource for thermal physics.

L'auteur - Stephen Blundell

Stephen Blundell est professeur à l'université d'Oxford où il dirige le groupe de physique de la matière condensée.

Un des spécialistes mondiaux de la supraconductivité nous entraîne dans une aventure scientifique extraordinaire, à l'origine de treize prix Nobel !

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Preliminaries
Kinetic Theory of Gases
Transport and Thermal Diffusion
The First Law
The Second Law
Thermodynamics in action
Statistical mechanics
Beyond the ideal gas
Special Topics

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Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Stephen Blundell, Katherine M. Blundell
Parution	20/08/2006
Nb. de pages	488
Format	19 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1090g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198567707
ISBN13	978-0-19-856770-7