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020			_a9780199657643
082			_a536 _bBLU
100			_aBlundell, Stephen J.
245			_aConcepts in thermal physics
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_bOxford University Press, _c2010 _aOxford :
300			_axviii, 493 p. ; _bill., _c24 cm.
365			_b1995.00 _c₹ _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis text provides a modern introduction to the main principles of thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are presented and new ideas are illustrated with worked examples as well as description of the historical background to their discovery. This text provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are presented in a clear way, and new ideas are illustrated with worked examples as well as description of the historical background to their discovery. This modern introduction to thermal physics contains a step-by-step presentation of the key concepts. The text is copiously illustrated and each chapter contains several worked examples. - ;An understanding of thermal physics is crucial to much of modern physics, chemistry and engineering. This book provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are carefully presented in a clear way, and new ideas are illustrated with copious worked examples as well as a description of the historical.
650			_aScience & Nature
650			_aThermodynamics
650			_aMechanics
650			_aPhysics
650			_aBinomial distribution
650			_aThermal equilibrium
650			_aLinear transformation and the variance
700			_aBlundell, Katherine M.
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