
This introductory textbook for traditional undergraduate classes in thermodynamics has been thoroughly rewritten to discover a better variety of themes, extra in actual fact and concisely. beginning with an summary of vital quantum behaviours, the publication teaches scholars tips to calculate possibilities with a purpose to offer an organization beginning for later chapters. It introduces the guidelines of classical thermodynamics and explores them either generally and as they're utilized to precise strategies and interactions. the rest of the booklet bargains with statistical mechanics. each one subject ends with a boxed precis of rules and effects, and each bankruptcy comprises quite a few homework difficulties, overlaying a wide variety of problems. solutions are given to odd-numbered difficulties, and suggestions to even-numbered difficulties can be found to teachers at www.cambridge.org/9781107694927.
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