Thermodynamics Kinetic Theory & Sta

Thermodynamics, Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics Book Description About the Book: This major text gives the advanced undergraduate student having some familiarity with physics and calculus, a fairly rigorous treatment of thermodynamics, but with physical insight, and provides an introduction to statistical mechanics and kinetic theory. Table of Contents: Fundamental Concepts / Equations of State / The First Law of Thermodynamics / Some Consequences of the First Law / Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics / Combined / First and Second Laws / Thermodynamic Potentials / Applications of Thermodynamics to Simple Systems / Kinetic Theory / Intermolecular Forces. Transport Phenomena / Statistical Thermodynamics / Applications of Statistics to Gases / Applications of Quantum Statistics to Other Systems / Appendix / Answers to Problems / Index. Audience: Postgraduate students