Thermodynamics and an Introduction to ThermostatisticsThe only text to cover both thermodynamic and statistical mechanics--allowing students to fully master thermodynamics at the macroscopic level. Presents essential ideas on critical phenomena developed over the last decade in simple, qualitative terms. This new edition maintains the simple structure of the first and puts new emphasis on pedagogical considerations. Thermostatistics is incorporated into the text without eclipsing macroscopic thermodynamics, and is integrated into the conceptual framework of physical theory. |
Contents
THE CONDITIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM | 35 |
SOME FORMAL RELATIONSHIPS | 59 |
REVERSIBLE PROCESSES AND | 91 |
ALTERNATIVE FORMULATIONS | 131 |
THE EXTREMUM PRINCIPLE IN | 153 |
MAXWELL RELATIONS | 181 |
STABILITY OF THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEMS | 203 |
FIRSTORDER PHASE TRANSITIONS | 215 |
PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS | 289 |
IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS | 307 |
STATISTICAL MECHANICS IN | 329 |
THE CANONICAL FORMALISM STATISTICAL | 349 |
ENTROPY AND DISORDER GENERALIZED | 379 |
QUANTUM FLUIDS | 393 |
FLUCTUATIONS | 423 |
VARIATIONAL PROPERTIES PERTURBATION | 433 |
CRITICAL PHENOMENA | 255 |
THE NERNST POSTULATE | 277 |
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPLES | 283 |
SYMMETRY AND THE CONCEPTUAL | 455 |
APPENDIX | 473 |
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