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A comprehensive introduction to this important subject, presenting the fundamentals of classical and statistical thermodynamics through carefully developed concepts which are supported by many examples and applications.

• Each chapter includes numerous carefully worked out examples and problems
• Takes a more applied approach rather than theoretical
• Necessary mathematics is left simple
• Accessible to those fairly new to the subject

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Timeline of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, Timeline of Classical Mechanics, Timeline of Thermodynamics, Timeline of Gravitational Physics and Relativity, Timeline of Other Background Radiation Fields, Timeline of Electromagnetism and Classical Optics, Timeline of States of Matter and Phase Transitions, Timeline of Particle Physics Technology, Timeline of Physical Chemistry, Timeline of Nuclear Fusion, Timeline of Particle Discoveries, Timeline of the Manhattan Project, Timeline of Fundamental Physics Discoveries, Timeline of Particle Physics. Excerpt:Timeline of atomic and subatomic physics Early beginnings The beginning of chemistry Timeline of classical mechanics Main article: Timeline of classical mechanics The age of quantum mechanics item 1900 Paul Villard discovers gamma-rays while studying uranium decay item 1900 Johannes Rydberg refines the expression for observed hydrogen line wavelengths item 1900 Max Planck states his quantum hypothesis and blackbody radiation law item 1902 Philipp Lenard observes that maximum photoelectron energies are independent of illuminating intensity but depend on frequency item 1902 Theodor Svedberg suggests that fluctuations in molecular bombardment cause the Brownian motion item 1905 Albert Einstein explains the photoelectric effect item 1906 Charles Barkla discovers that each element has a characteristic X-ray and that the degree of penetration of these X-rays is related to the atomic weight index{atomic weigh... ... Read more

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With the aim of presenting thermodynamics in as simple and as unified a form as possible, this textbook starts with an introduction to the first and second laws and then promptly addresses the complete set of the potentials in a subsequent chapter and as a central theme throughout. Before discussing modern laboratory measurements, the book shows that the fundamental quantities sought in the laboratory are those which are required for determining the potentials. Since the subjects of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics are a seamless whole, statistical mechanics is treated as integral part of the text. Other key topics such as irreversibility, the ideas of Ilya Prigogine, chemical reaction rates, equilibrium of heterogeneous systems, and transition-state theory serve to round out this modern treatment. An additional chapter covers quantum statistical mechanics due to active current research in Bose-Einstein condensation. End-of-chapter exercises, chapter summaries, and an appendix reviewing fundamental prerequisites supply students with helpful reinforcement and practice with key concepts.