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The material for these volumes has been selected from the past twenty years' examination questions for graduate students at University of California at Berkeley, Columbia University, the University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University and University of Wisconsin.
Sample Chapter(s)
Introduction (92 KB)
Chapter 1.1: Thermodynamic States and the First Law (1001-1030) (675 KB)
Contents:
- Thermodynamics:
- Thermodynamic States and the First Law
- The Second Law and Entropy
- Thermodynamic Functions and Equilibrium Conditions
- Change of Phase and Phase Equilibrium
- Phases in Equilibrium
- Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
- Statistical Physics:
- Probability and Statistical Entropy
- Maxwell-Boltzmann Statistics
- Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac Statistics
- Ensembles
- Kinetic Theory of Gases
Readership: Graduate students, senior students and physics instructors.
