Thermal Physics: Entropy And Free Energies (2nd Edition)

Joon Chang Lee (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

392 Seiten

2011 | 2nd Revised edition
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-4340-76-2 (ISBN)

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Thermal physics is prone to misunderstanding, confusion and is often being overlooked. This book aims to explain the basic ideas of thermal physics intuitively and in the simplest possible way. It intends to make the reader feel comfortable with the ideas of entropy and free energy.

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 comfortable with the ideas of entropy and of free energy. Thermal physics is prone to misunderstanding, confusion and is often overlooked. However, a good foundation is necessary to prepare the reader for advanced level studies.

Introduction to Thermal Physics; All You Need to Know to Read the Rest of the Book; Isolated Thermal Systems; Systems in Contact with a Thermal Reservoir; Entropy as a Measure of Disorder; Open Systems Exposed to Heat and Particle Reservoir; Flexible Systems: Systems in Contact with Heat and Volume Reservoir; Two More Energy-Like Functions and Concluding Remarks; Quantum Ideal Gas; Thermodynamics; Energy Versus Free Energy; Phases and Phase Transitions; Second-Order Phase Transitions; Landau-Ginzburg Free Energy Functional and Applications; Quantum Fluid; Computer Simulations.

Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Thermodynamik
ISBN-10	981-4340-76-6 / 9814340766
ISBN-13	978-981-4340-76-2 / 9789814340762
Zustand	Neuware