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A Student's Guide to the Laws of Thermodynamics

A Student's Guide to the Laws of Thermodynamics

Garvin, Justin W.

Hardcover

Series: Student's Guides

Physics

ISBN10: 100966459X
ISBN13: 9781009664592
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 26 2026
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Using a welcoming and conversational style, this Student's Guide takes readers on a tour of the laws of thermodynamics, highlighting their importance for a wide range of disciplines. It will be a valuable resource for self-guided learners, students, and instructors working in physics, engineering, chemistry, meteorology, climatology, cosmology, biology, and other scientific fields. The book discusses thermodynamic properties such as temperature, internal energy, and entropy, and develops the laws through primarily observational means without extensive reference to atomic principles. This classical approach allows students to get a handle on thermodynamics as an experimental science and prepares them for more advanced study of statistical mechanics, which is introduced in the final chapter. Detailed practical examples are used to illustrate the theoretical concepts, with a selection of problems included at the end of each chapter to facilitate learning. Solutions to these problems can be found online along with additional supplemental materials.

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