Energy and Entropy

This book presents the various branches of thermodynamics - classical, statistical, and others - and kinetics in a lucid manner that will appeal both to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students. The mathematical treatment is neither overly elaborate nor absent, but has been illustrated by examples from biology, physics, and other disciplines. The models drawn from diverse areas should make it attractive to readers seeking a clearer physical understanding of these fields and how they interrelate. Features include: worked examples exercises solutions to some of the exercises, available to all readers solutions to all the exercises, available to instructors.

ISBN	0387778225	Pages	314
ISBN13	9780387778228 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	1410
Publisher	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.	Published in	New York, NY
Imprint	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.	Height (mm)	234
Format	Hardback	Width (mm)	156
Publication date	22 Dec 2009	Spine width (mm)	19
DEWEY	536.7	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
DEWEY edition	DC22

1	The first law of thermodynamics	1
2	First law formalism	23
3	First law of thermodynamics : applications	37
4	Entropy and the second law : thermodynamics viewpoint	51
5	The nature of entropy	71
6	Free energy	89
7	Thermodynamic equations of state	105
8	Chemical potentials in solution	119
9	Phase equilibria and colligative properties	129
10	The foundations of statistical thermodynamics	149
11	Applied Boltzmann statistics	165
12	Multi-state systems	181
13	Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions	197
14	Interactions	217
15	Statistical thermodynamics in chemical kinetics	231
16	Irreversible thermodynamics and transport	255
17	Stationary state thermodynamics	275
	Problem solutions	297
	Index	309

From the reviews: "Energy and Entropy offers an interesting approach to combining classical and statistical thermodynamics. ! Starzak (chemistry, SUNY Binghamton) frequently mixes statistical examples into the portions of the text that deal with classical thermodynamics. ! The end-of-chapter problems encourage students to apply what they have learned, with worked-out solutions provided at the end of the book. ! Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty." (H. Giesche, Choice, Vol. 47 (11), August, 2010)

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