{"product_id":"a-conceptual-guide-to-thermodynamics-isbn-9781118840535","title":"A Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThermodynamics is the science that describes the behavior of matter at the macroscopic scale, and how this arises from individual molecules. As such, it is a subject of profound practical and fundamental importance to many science and engineering fields. Despite extremely varied applications ranging from nanomotors to cosmology, the core concepts of thermodynamics such as equilibrium and entropy are the same across all disciplines. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a concise, conceptual and practical supplement to the major thermodynamics textbooks used in various fields. Presenting clear explanations of the core concepts,  the book aims to improve fundamental understanding of the material, as well as homework and exam performance. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistinctive features include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTerminology and Notation Key:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eA universal translator that addresses the myriad of conventions, terminologies, and notations found across the major thermodynamics texts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContent Maps:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSpecific references to each major thermodynamic text by section and page number for each new concept that is introduced.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHelpful Hints and Don’t Try Its:\u003c\/b\u003e  Numerous useful tips for solving problems, as well as warnings of common student pitfalls.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnique Explanations\u003c\/b\u003e: Conceptually clear, mathematically fairly simple, yet also sufficiently precise and rigorous. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA more extensive set of reference materials,  including older and newer editions of the major textbooks, as well as a number of less commonly used titles, is available online at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.conceptualthermo.com\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.conceptualthermo.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e Undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry, physics, engineering, geosciences and biological sciences will benefit from this book, as will students preparing for graduate school entrance exams and MCATs. \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTextbook Guide xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.1 List of Thermodynamics Textbooks by Discipline xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.2 Terminology and Notation Used in This Book xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.3 Terminology and Notation Used in Textbooks xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 About This Book 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Who Should Use This Book? 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Philosophy of This Book 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Four Core Concepts of Thermodynamics 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 How to Use This Book 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI Equilibrium\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Philosophy of Thermodynamics 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Thermodynamics 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Scientific Models \u0026amp; Laws 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Statistical Mechanics 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Thermodynamic States, Variables \u0026amp; Quantities 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Thermodynamic Variables \u0026amp; Quantities 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 More on Thermodynamic Quantities 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Thermodynamic \u0026amp; Molecular States 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Zeroth Law \u0026amp; Thermodynamic Equilibrium 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Equation of State 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Thermodynamic Equilibrium 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Zeroth Law 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Ideal Gases \u0026amp; Non-ideal Systems 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eII Energy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Molecular Energy, Internal Energy, \u0026amp; Temperature 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Energy at the Molecular Scale 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Internal Energy 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Intermolecular Interactions \u0026amp; the Kinetic Model 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Equipartition Theorem \u0026amp; Temperature 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Boltzmann Distribution \u0026amp; the Kinetic Model 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Boltzmann Distribution 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Maxwell Distribution of Speeds 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII Thermodynamic Change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 First Law \u0026amp; Thermodynamic Change 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 System \u0026amp; Surroundings 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Thermodynamic Change 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 First Law 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Work, Heat, \u0026amp; Reversible Change 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 State Functions \u0026amp; Path Functions 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Definition of Work 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Definition of Heat 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Reversible \u0026amp; Irreversible Change 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 A Gas Expansion Example 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Partial Derivative Quantities 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Internal Energy \u0026amp; Heat Capacity at Constant Volume 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Enthalpy \u0026amp; Heat Capacity at Constant Pressure 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Other Partial Derivative Quantities 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Partial Derivatives \u0026amp; Differentials 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIV Entropy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Entropy \u0026amp; Information Theory 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Why Does Entropy Seem So Complicated? 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Entropy as Unknown Molecular Information 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Amount of Information 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Application to Thermodynamics 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Entropy \u0026amp; Ideal Gas 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Measuring Our Molecular Ignorance 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Volume Contribution to Entropy 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Temperature Contribution to Entropy 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Combined Entropy Expression 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.5 Entropy, Heat, \u0026amp; Reversible Adiabatic Expansion 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Second Law \u0026amp; Spontaneous Irreversible Change 97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Heat Engines \u0026amp; Thermodynamic Cycles 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Traditional Statements of the Second Law 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Entropy Statement of the Second Law 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Information Statement of the Second Law 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Maximum Entropy \u0026amp; the Clausius Inequality 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Third Law, Carnot Cycle, \u0026amp; Absolute Entropy 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Entropy \u0026amp; Reversible Change 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Carnot Cycle \u0026amp; Absolute Zero Temperature 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Third Law \u0026amp; Absolute Entropy 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eV Free Energy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Free Energy \u0026amp; Exergy 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 What Would Happen If Entropy Were a Variable? 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Helmholtz and Gibbs Free Energies 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Second Law \u0026amp; Maximum Work 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Exergy 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Chemical Potential, Fugacity, \u0026amp; Open Systems 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 What Would Happen If \u003ci\u003en\u003c\/i\u003e Were a Variable? 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Chemical Potential 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Ideal Gas \u0026amp; Fugacity 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVI Applications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Crazy Gay-Lussac’s Gas Expansion Emporium 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 Sales Pitch 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 How to Solve Gas Expansion Problems 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.3 Comprehensive Compendium 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 Electronic Emporium: Free Online Shopping! 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII Appendices\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Beards Gone Wild! Facial Hair \u0026amp; the Founding Fathers of Thermodynamics 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Thermodynamics, Abolitionism, \u0026amp; Sha Na Na 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C: Thermodynamics \u0026amp; the Science of Steampunk 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSteampunk Gallery 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTravel Try Its 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhoto Credits 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Useful for students and professionals in numerous areas, including biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. . . Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 April 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Bill Poirier, Department of Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eProfessor Poirier is Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Joint Professor of Physics at Texas Tech University, where he has held research positions since 2001. His research is concerned with the development and application of new methods for performing accurate quantum dynamics calculations with unprecedented computational efficiency, to allow calculations for larger systems than ever before. This has wide ranging applications in areas including astrophysics, environmental, atmospheric and combustion chemistry, materials, and hydrogen storage.\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Poirier has extensive teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate level, teaching undergraduate courses in general chemistry and physical chemistry, and graduate courses in chemical kinetics, molecular spectroscopy and statistical mechanics.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Poirier\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Physics, Center for Chemical Biology\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTexas Tech University, USA\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thermodynamics is the science that describes the behavior of matter at the macroscopic scale, and how this arises from individual molecules. As such, it is a subject of profound practical and fundamental importance to many science and engineering fields. Despite extremely varied applications ranging from nanomotors to cosmology, the core concepts of thermodynamics such as equilibrium and entropy are the same across all disciplines. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a concise, conceptual and practical supplement to the major thermodynamics textbooks used in various fields. Presenting clear explanations of the core concepts,  the book aims to improve fundamental understanding of the material, as well as homework and exam performance. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistinctive features include:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTerminology and Notation Key:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eA universal translator that addresses the myriad of conventions, terminologies, and notations found across the major thermodynamics texts.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContent Maps:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSpecific references to each major thermodynamic text by section and page number for each new concept that is introduced.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHelpful Hints and Don’t Try Its:\u003c\/b\u003e  Numerous useful tips for solving problems, as well as warnings of common student pitfalls.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnique Explanations\u003c\/b\u003e: Conceptually clear, mathematically fairly simple, yet also sufficiently precise and rigorous. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eA more extensive set of reference materials,  including older and newer editions of the major textbooks, as well as a number of less commonly used titles, is available online at \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.conceptualthermo.com\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/www.conceptualthermo.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e Undergraduate and graduate students of chemistry, physics, engineering, geosciences and biological sciences will benefit from this book, as will students preparing for graduate school entrance exams and MCATs.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988623605989,"sku":"NP9781118840535","price":45.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118840535.jpg?v=1761781015","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-conceptual-guide-to-thermodynamics-isbn-9781118840535","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}