Thermodynamics & Heat

In this invaluable book, macroscopic irreversible thermodynamics is presented in its realm and its splendor by appealing to the notion of internal ...

This textbook introduces thermodynamics with a modern approach, starting from four fundamental physical facts (the atomic nature of matter, the ind...

This textbook introduces thermodynamics with a modern approach, starting from four fundamental physical facts (the atomic nature of matter, the ind...

This book aims to provide a lively working knowledge of the thermodynamic control of microscopic simulations, while summarizing the historical deve...

The book presents a clear and unique approach to statistical thermodynamics based on Shannon's measure of information, and provides applications to...

The book presents a clear and unique approach to statistical thermodynamics based on Shannon's measure of information, and provides applications to...

While systems at equilibrium are treated in a unified manner through the partition function formalism, the statistical physics of out-of-equilibriu...

This second part of Continuum Thermodynamics is designed to match almost one-to-one the chapters of Part I. This is done so that the reader studyin...

This textbook on thermodynamics is intended primarily for honours and B. Sc students majoring in physical chemistry. However, students of physics, ...

A small army of physicists, chemists, mathematicians, and engineers has joined forces to attack a classic problem, the “reversibility paradox”, wit...

This book presents a clear and readable description of one of the most mysterious concepts of physics: Entropy. It contains a self-learning kit tha...

The book aims to explain the basic ideas of thermal physics intuitively and in the simplest possible way. It is intended to make the reader feel co...

Molecular Driving Forces, Second Edition is an introductory statistical thermodynamics text that describes the principles and forces that drive che...

While systems at equilibrium are treated in a unified manner through the partition function formalism, the statistical physics of out-of-equilibriu...

In this unique book, the reader is invited to experience the joy of appreciating something which has eluded understanding for many years — entropy ...

This book is a unique presentation of thermodynamic methods of construction of continuous models. It is based on a uniform approach following from ...

In this unique book, Arieh Ben-Naim invites the reader to experience the joy of appreciating something which has eluded understanding for many year...

This book explains the subtleties of quantum statistical mechanics in lower dimensions and their possible ramifications in quantum theory. The disc...

This book introduces an approach to protein folding from the point of view of kinetic theory. There is an abundance of data on protein folding, but...

This book introduces an approach to protein folding from the point of view of kinetic theory. There is an abundance of data on protein folding, but...

It is well known that thermodynamics presents students with particular difficulties. They find the concepts evasive and the methods obscure. These ...

What if the great discoveries of science came in the “wrong” order? The Laws of Thermodynamics were discovered well after the creation of algebra, ...

Recent developments have led to a good understanding of universality; why phase transitions in systems as diverse as magnets, fluids, liquid crysta...

All technologies depend on the availability of suitable materials. The progress of civilisation is often measured by the materials people have used...

An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics returns with a second edition which includes new chapters, further explorations, and up...

Computer simulation has become the main engine of development in statistical mechanics. In structural biology, computer simulation constitutes the ...

This is a problem-oriented introduction to the main ideas, methods, and problems needed to form a basic understanding of the theory of strong inter...

Clearly divided into three parts, this practical book begins by dealing with all fundamental aspects of calorimetry. The second part looks at the e...

An authoritative guide to theory and applications of heat transfer in humans  Theory and Applications of Heat Transfer in Humans 2V Set offers a re...

Convection heat transfer is an important topic both for industrial applications and fundamental aspects. It combines the complexity of the flow dyn...

This undergraduate textbook provides a statistical mechanical foundation to the classical laws of thermodynamics via a comprehensive treatment of t...

This book offers a broad discussion of the concepts required to understand the thermodynamic stability of molecules and bonds and a description of ...

Thermodynamics is fundamental to university and college curricula in chemistry, physics, engineering and many life sciences around the world. It is...

The thermodynamic limit is a mathematical technique which allows us to consider crystals (or other macroscopic objects) as infinitely sized periodi...

Julian Schwinger was one of the leading theoretical physicists of the twentieth century. His contributions are as important, and as pervasive, as t...

For graduate students and researchers, this self contained text provides a carefully structured, coherent, and comprehensive treatment of the mathe...

The aim of this book is to give a physical treatment of the kinetic theory of gases and magnetoplasmas, covering the standard material in as simple...

Julian Schwinger was one of the leading theoretical physicists of the twentieth century. His contributions are as important, and as pervasive, as t...

Statistical mechanics is the science of predicting the observable properties of a multiple bodied system by studying the statistics of the behaviou...

This book explains the ideas and techniques of statistical mechanics-the theory of condensed matter-in a simple and progressive way. The text start...

A great variety of complex phenomena in many scientific fields exhibit power-law behaviour, reflecting a hierarchical or fractal structure. Many of...