{"product_id":"thermodynamics-and-an-introduction-to-thermostatistics-isbn-9780471862567","title":"Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics","description":"The only text to cover both thermodynamic and statistical mechanics--allowing students to fully master thermodynamics at the macroscopic level. Presents essential ideas on critical phenomena developed over the last decade in simple, qualitative terms. This new edition maintains the simple structure of the first and puts new emphasis on pedagogical considerations. Thermostatistics is incorporated into the text without eclipsing macroscopic thermodynamics, and is integrated into the conceptual framework of physical theory.  GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Problem and the Postulates.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Conditions of Equilibrium.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Some Formal Relationships, and Sample Systems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Reversible Processes and the Maximum Work Theorem.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alternative Formulations and Legendre Transformations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Extremum Principle in the Legendre Transformed Representations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Maxwell Relations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Stability of Thermodynamic Systems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e First-Order Phase Transitions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Critical Phenomena.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Nernst Postulate.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Summary of Principles for General Systems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Properties of Materials.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Irreversible Thermodynamics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e STATISTICAL MECHANICS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Statistical Mechanics in the Entropy Representation: The Microanonical Formalism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Canonical Formalism;\u003cbr\u003e Statistical Mechanics in Helmholtz Representation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Entropy and Disorder;\u003cbr\u003e Generalized Canonical Formulations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Quantum Fluids.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fluctuations.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Variational Properties, Perturbation Expansions, and Mean Field Theory.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e FOUNDATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Postlude: Symmetry and the Conceptual Foundations of Thermostatistics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e General References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  \u003cp\u003eHerbert Bernard Callen was an American physicist best known as the author of the textbook Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, the most frequently cited thermodynamic reference in physics research literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990384066789,"sku":"NP9780471862567","price":194.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471862567.jpg?v=1761787608","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/thermodynamics-and-an-introduction-to-thermostatistics-isbn-9780471862567","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}