| Mere Thermodynamics Contributor(s): Lemons, Don S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801890152 ISBN-13: 9780801890154 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press OUR PRICE: $36.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Presenting classic thermodynamics as a concise and discrete whole, Mere Thermodynamics is a perfect tool for teaching a notoriously difficult subject. Don S. Lemons introduces the physical theory's concepts and methods and uses them to solve common physics problems, illustrating at a gentle pace advanced concepts such as the relationship between the second law of thermodynamics and entropy. He highlights the intellectual structure and history of thermodynamics and explores the logical consequences of each of the discipline's three laws. Lemons explains and illustrates the first two laws of thermodynamics and their corollaries; the methods and applications of thermodynamics; the third law; and the concepts of non-fluid variables, equilibrium and stability, and two-phase systems. The book features end-of-chapter practice problems, an appendix of worked problems, a glossary of terms, and an annotated bibliography. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Mechanics - Thermodynamics - Mathematics | Applied |
| Dewey: 536.7 |
| LCCN: 2008007841 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Presenting classical thermodynamics as a concise and discrete whole, Mere Thermodynamics is a perfect tool for teaching a notoriously difficult subject. Accomplished teacher Don S. Lemons introduces the physical theory's concepts and methods and uses them to solve problems from a broad range of physics. He illustrates, at a gentle pace, not only the fundamentals of the subject but also advanced topics such as the relationship between the second law of thermodynamics and entropy. He highlights the intellectual structure and history of the discipline and explores the logical consequences of each of the famous three laws. Lemons explains and develops the first two laws and their corollaries, the methods and applications of thermodynamics, and the third law, as well as non-fluid variables, equilibrium and stability, and two-phase systems. The book features end-of-chapter practice problems, an appendix of worked problems, a glossary of terms, and an annotated bibliography. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lemons, Don S.: - Don S. Lemons is a professor of physics at Bethel College and the author of Introduction to Stochastic Processes in Physics, also published by Johns Hopkins. |