An introduction to thermal physics /

Schroeder, Daniel V.

An introduction to thermal physics / Daniel V. Schroeder - San Francisco : Addison Wesley, c2000 - x, 422 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Contents

I. FUNDAMENTALS.
1. Energy in Thermal Physics.
2. The Second Law.
3. Interactions and Implications.

II. THERMODYNAMICS.
4. Engines and Refrigerators.
5. Free Energy and Chemical Thermodynamics.

III. STATISTICAL MECHANICS.
6. Boltzmann Statistics.
7. Quantum Statistics.
008. Systems of Interacting Particles.

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Statistical mechanics

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