General and Statistical Thermodynamics
This textbook explains completely the general and statistical thermodynamics. It begins with an introductory statistical mechanics course, deriving all the important formulae meticulously and explicitly, without mathematical short cuts. The main part of t
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Graduate Texts in Physics Graduate Texts in Physics publishes core learning/teaching material for graduate- and advanced-level undergraduate courses on topics of current and emerging fields within physics, both pure and applied. These textbooks serve students at the MS- or PhD-level and their instructors as comprehensive sources of principles, definitions, derivations, experiments and applications (as relevant) for their mastery and teaching, respectively. International in scope and relevance, the textbooks correspond to course syllabi sufficiently to serve as required reading. Their didactic style, comprehensiveness and coverage of fundamental material also make them suitable as introductions or references for scientists entering, or requiring timely knowledge of, a research field.
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Raza Tahir-Kheli
General and Statistical Thermodynamics With 62 Figures
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Raza Tahir-Kheli Temple University Physics Department Philadelphia, USA [email protected]
ISSN 1868-4513 e-ISSN 1868-4521 ISBN 978-3-642-21480-6 e-ISBN 978-3-642-21481-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-21481-3 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011938150 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specif ically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microf ilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specif ic statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: eStudio Calamar Steinen Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.spinger.com)
Dedicated to the memory of my teachers and friends D. ter Haar, Herbert B. Callen and John H. Sanders and to the future of my grand children Gladia Boldt and Cyrus Boldt
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Preface
This book is intended for
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