Table of Content

1. The Nature of Thermodynamics
2. Equations of State
3. The First Law of Thermodynamics
4. Applications of the First Law
5. Consequences of the First Law
6. The Second Law of Thermodynamics
7. Applications of the Second Law
8. Thermodynamic Potentials
9. The Chemical Potential and Open Systems
10. The Third Law of Thermodynamics
11. The Kinetic Theory of Gases
12. Statistical Thermodynamics
13. Classical and Quantum Statistics
14. The Classical Statistical Treatment of an Ideal Gas
15. The Heat Capacity of a Diatomic Gas
16. The Heat Capacity of a Solid
17. The Thermodynamics of Magnetism
18. Bose-Einstein Gases
19. Fermi-Dirac Gases
20. Information Theory

Salient Features

• Uniquely comprehensive introduction to both the classical and statistical theories of thermodynamics
• Thorough, yet concise treatment of the phenomenological foundation of thermal physics.
• Discussion of the kinetic theory of gases, representing the transition between classical and statistical thermodynamics.
• A carefully considered presentation of statistical theory
• A solid, modern treatment of the thermodynamics of magnetism included
• Up-to-date examples of applications of the statistical theory
• Chapter on the connection between thermodynamics and information theory, seldom found in undergraduate texts