Concise thermodynamics; principles and applications in physical science and engineering, 2d ed.

9781904275312

Concise thermodynamics; principles and applications in physical science and engineering, 2d ed.

Dunning-Davies, J.

Horwood Publishing

2007

140 pages

$47.00

Paperback

QC311

For advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals in research and industry, this text introduces the basic laws and principles of thermodynamics. Dunning-Davies (physics, Hull U., UK, and Institute for Basic Research, Florida) draws from a one-term course attended by mathematics undergraduates at the U. of Hull and adds chapters on phase transitions and thermodynamic equilibrium and stability, the mathematical property of the concavity of the entropy, and black hole thermodynamics. This edition has an expanded discussion of the van der Waals' gas, more on phase transitions, new examples and problems, and a new chapter on the world's energy problems, future requirements, and solutions. Distributed by ISBS.

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