Customer Reviews (1)

Pretty good in places
I used this book (as one of several) while teaching undergrad. thermo in the seventies and eighties. In particular, I liked the simple discussion of the second law as the reason for the reversible ordering of water into ice at the freezing temperature. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Religious attention to the details of the arguments.
However, future to understand the occurence of 365 in
the discussion of Einstein spectrochemistry, in a 1970 edition
of Nash's Classical and Statistical Chemical Thermodynamics,
Addison-Wesley...I, not yet understanding the context of
365, towards the end of the statiscal volume 2, in this
combined two volume in one edition, with 2 indexes, and
accordingly, by the author's own statement, the statistical
mechanics more understandable than the volume one, classical
thermodynamics.

I am not familiar with the amazon.com version, except to say
that some reticent society of academic publishers some
how give a reference to some formal diurnal understanding,
that the inductive understanding of science is a religious
tasking.

As some year of days, a groping about the text of Nash.
However, some number theoretic year of days is strange
soliloquy by Nash.

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coastwatcher's grid *N,
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Product Description
The consequences of the existence of a thermal equation of state, the eighteenth century doctrine of latent and specific heats, and Carnot's general axiom are developed here completely and rigorously. The book has conceptual, historical, and pedagogical aims: for those already expert in thermodynamics, it is shown how the traditional theory can be developed, using simple mathematics alone, from natural assumptions about heat engines. The features common to the thermodynamics of Carnot and to Clausius are revealed, and the irreconcilable differences discerned. A clean elementary thermodynamics suitable for beginners is presented: anyone proficient in calculus and with a fair grasp of high-school physics of heat will be able to understand the book fully. ... Read more

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Presents a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of thermodynamics while retaining an engineering perspective and, in so doing, provides a resource with considerable flexibility for the inclusion of material on thermodynamics. Updated for this Third Edition, it reflects an increased emphasis on environmental issues and a recognition of the steadily growing use of computers in the study of thermodynamics and solution of thermodynamic problems. Contains numerous examples, as well as problems at the end of each chapter that are carefully sequenced to reflect the subject matter. ... Read more

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Corrected second edition of this classic work in thermodynamics. Chapter titles are ...(1) Fundamental Laws of Thermodynamics ...(2) Temperature-Entropy, or TS Diagram ...(3) Application of the Entropy Diagram to Gases ...(4) Application of the Entropy Diagram to a Gas Engine ...(5) Steam and Other Gases ...(6) Steam Engines ...(7) Appendix. ... Read more