A01=J. S. Dugdale
ACB
Adiabatic Processes
Author_J. S. Dugdale
Bose Einstein Condensation
Bose Einstein Gas
Carnot Cycle
Carnot Engine
Category=PHH
Distribution Numbers
Entropy Change
Entropy Differences
entropy disorder statistical approach
Entropy Temperature Diagram
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Exclusion Principle
He3 Atoms
Internal Energy Function
Joule Thomson Effect
Liquid He3
low temperature physics
Maxwell's Demon
Maxwell’s Demon
Normal Boiling Point
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Nuclear Spin
Obey Fermi Dirac Statistics
Partition Function
phase transitions
physical chemistry concepts
Q2 T2
statistical mechanics
T1 T2
thermodynamic laws
Thomson Effect
undergraduate physics course
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9780748405695
- Weight: 358g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Aug 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This text gives students a clear and easily understood introduction to entropy - a central concept in thermodynamics, but one which is often regarded as the most difficult to grasp. Professor Dugdale first presents a classical and historical view of entropy, looking in detail at the scientists who developed the concept, and at how they arrived at their ideas. This is followed by a statistical treatment which provides a more physical portrait of entropy, relating it to disorder and showing how physical and chemical systems tend to states of order at low temperatures. Dugdale includes here a brief account of some of the more intriguing manifestations of order in properties such as superconductivity and superfluidity.Entropy and Its Physical Meaning also includes a number of exercises which can be used for both self- learning and class work. It is intended to provide a complete understanding of the concept of entropy, making it valuable reading for undergraduates in physics, physical sciences and engineering, and for students studying thermodynamics within other science courses such as meteorology, biology and medicine.
Sydney Dugdale is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, University of Leeds.
