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A Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics Bill Poirier (Texas Tech University, USA) 9781118840535
RRP: $46.38$40.85Thermodynamics is the science that describes the behavior of matter at the macroscopic scale, and how this arises from individual molecules. As such, it is a subject of profound practical and fundamental importance to many science and engineering fields... -
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: An Integrated Approach by Robert J. Hardy 9781118501016
RRP: $156.03$139.29This textbook brings together the fundamentals of the macroscopic and microscopic aspects of thermal physics by presenting thermodynamics and statistical mechanics as complementary theories based on small numbers of postulates. The book is designed to... -
Energy Systems: A New Approach to Engineering Thermodynamics by Renaud Gicquel 9781032007748
RRP: $99.32$86.49Considered as particularly difficult by generations of students and engineers, thermodynamics applied to energy systems can now be taught with an original instruction method. Energy Systems applies a completely different approach to the calculation,... -
Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing by Harvey S. Leff 9780691605463
RRP: $74.82$58.80About 120 years ago, James Clerk Maxwell introduced his now legendary hypothetical "demon" as a challenge to the integrity of the second law of thermodynamics. Fascination with the demon persisted throughout the development of statistical and... -
Discover Entropy And The Second Law Of Thermodynamics: A Playful Way Of Discovering A Law Of Nature by Arieh Ben-Naim 9789814299756
RRP: $63.21$55.87This is a sequel to the author's book entitled "Entropy Demystified" (Published by World Scientific, 2007). The aim is essentially the same as that of the previous book by the author: to present Entropy and the Second Law as simple, meaningful... -
Introduction To The Theory Of Critical Phenomena: Mean Field, Fluctuations And Renormalization (2nd Edition) by Dimo I. Uzunov 9789814299497
RRP: $89.01$78.68This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena. The content covers a period of more than 100 years of theoretical research of condensed matter phases and phase transitions providing a clear... -
Introduction To The Theory Of Critical Phenomena: Mean Field, Fluctuations And Renormalization (2nd Edition) by Dimo I. Uzunov 9789814299480
RRP: $161.25$140.70This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena. The content covers a period of more than 100 years of theoretical research of condensed matter phases and phase transitions providing a clear... -
Statistical Mechanics For Beginners: A Textbook For Undergraduates by Lucien Gilles Benguigui 9789814299114
RRP: $65.79$57.56This textbook is for undergraduate students on a basic course in Statistical Mechanics. The prerequisite is thermodynamics. It begins with a study of three situations - the closed system and the systems in thermal contact with a reservoir - in order to... -
Statistical Thermodynamics: With Applications To The Life Sciences by Arieh Ben-Naim 9789814579155
RRP: $104.49$91.46The book presents a clear and unique approach to statistical thermodynamics based on Shannon's measure of information, and provides applications to problems of interest in the life sciences.There is no other book which presents the fundamentals of... -
Complex Physical, Biophysical And Econophysical Systems - Proceedings Of The 22nd Canberra International Physics Summer School by Robert L. Dewar 9789814277310
RRP: $172.86$151.06This book arose from a conference organized under the auspices of the Australian Research Council's Complex Open Systems Research Network (which has become the most prominent for complex systems in the world - just Google "complex systems... -
Thermodynamics Of Quantum Yang-mills Theory, The: Theory And Applications by Ralf Hofmann 9789813100480
RRP: $72.24$63.58This latest edition enhances the material of the first edition with a derivation of the value of the action for each of the Harrington-Shepard calorons/anticalorons that are relevant for the emergence of the thermal ground state. Also included are... -
Modern Thermodynamics by Arieh Ben-Naim 9789813200753
RRP: $101.91$88.74This textbook introduces thermodynamics with a modern approach, starting from four fundamental physical facts (the atomic nature of matter, the indistinguishability of atoms and molecules of the same species, the uncertainty principle, and the existence... -
Numerical Simulation Of Waves And Fronts In Inhomogeneous Solids by Arkadi Berezovski 9789812832672
RRP: $144.48$125.09This book shows the advanced methods of numerical simulation of waves and fronts propagation in inhomogeneous solids and introduces related important ideas associated with the application of numerical methods for these problems. Great care has been taken... -
Thermal Physics: Entropy And Free Energies by Joon Chang Lee 9789810248741
RRP: $49.02$43.23This book is an informal, readable introduction to the basic ideas of thermal physics. It is aimed at making the reader feel comfortable with the extremum principles of entropy and free energies. There is a repeating theme: Molecules (spins) do X to... -
Applications of Field Theory Methods in Statistical Physics of Nonequilibrium Systems by Bohdan Lev 9789811229978
RRP: $141.90$122.89This book formulates a unified approach to the description of many-particle systems combining the methods of statistical physics and quantum field theory. The benefits of such an approach are in the description of phase transitions during the formation... -
Introduction to Molecular Thermodynamics by Robert Hanson 9781891389498
RRP: $52.88$50.27"I wish I had learned thermodynamics this way!" That's what the authors hear all the time from instructors using Introduction to Molecular Thermodynamics. Starting with just a few basic principles of probability and the distribution of energy,... -
Statistical Dynamics: A Stochastic Approach To Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics (2nd Edition) by Ray F. Streater 9781848162440
RRP: $119.97$104.67How can one construct dynamical systems obeying the first and second laws of thermodynamics: mean energy is conserved and entropy increases with time? This book answers the question for classical probability (Part I) and quantum probability (Part II). A... -
Thermodynamics by Patrick Jacobs 9781848169715
RRP: $72.24$64.36This textbook on thermodynamics is intended primarily for honours and B. Sc students majoring in physical chemistry. However, students of physics, engineering and biochemistry will also find the book relevant to their studies.Its principal features are a... -
Thermodynamics by Patrick Jacobs 9781848169708
RRP: $126.42$110.18This textbook on thermodynamics is intended primarily for honours and B. Sc students majoring in physical chemistry. However, students of physics, engineering and biochemistry will also find the book relevant to their studies.Its principal features are a... -
Lectures On Statistical Mechanics by Berthold-georg Englert 9789811224577
RRP: $116.10$100.85These lecture notes cover Statistical Mechanics at the level of advanced undergraduates or postgraduates. After a review of thermodynamics, statistical ensembles are introduced, then applied to ideal gases, including degenerate gases of bosons and... -
Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanics Richard Fitzpatrick (The Univ Of Texas At Austin, Usa) 9789811223358
RRP: $141.90$122.89This book provides a comprehensive exposition of the theory of equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics at a level suitable for well-prepared undergraduate students. The fundamental message of the book is that all results in equilibrium... -
Concise Manual Of Engineering Thermodynamics, A by Liviu F Radulescu 9789811221309
RRP: $70.95$61.96This book is intended for undergraduate students in mechanical engineering. It covers the fundamentals of applied thermodynamics, including heat transfer and environmental control. A collection of more than 50 carefully tailored problems to promote... -
Conjugate Problems in Convective Heat Transfer by Abram S. Dorfman 9781138372719
RRP: $79.97$69.67Illustrates Calculations Using Machine and Technological Processes The conjugate heat transfer (CHT) problem addresses the thermal interaction between a body and fluid flowing over or through it. This is an essential consideration in nature and... -
Basics Of Statistical Physics (Third Edition) Harald J W Muller-kirsten (Univ Of Kaiserslautern, Germany) 9789811256097
RRP: $70.95$61.96Statistics links microscopic and macroscopic phenomena, and requires for this reason a large number of microscopic elements like atoms. The results are values of maximum probability or of averaging. This introduction to statistical physics concentrates... -
Problems And Solutions On Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanics by Swee Cheng Lim 9789811251924
RRP: $58.05$50.94This volume is a compilation of carefully selected questions at the PhD qualifying exam level, including many actual questions from Columbia University, University of Chicago, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo, Princeton University, University... -
Heat Transfer, Volume 1: Conduction and Convection by Yves Jannot 9781786309273
RRP: $170.28$147.33Heat Transfer 1 deals with conduction and convection. It examines the treatment of transient conduction, which is essential for the optimization of processes and systems, as well as for all energy saving problems. The numerous solved exercises allow the... -
Refrigerators, Heat Pumps and Reverse Cycle Engines: Principles, State of the Art and Trends Jocelyn Bonjour (International Institute of Refrigeration) 9781789451238
RRP: $170.28$147.33In the context of global warming and the energy transition, two essential questions arise: how to cool environments without major environmental impact and how to produce heat efficiently without combustion. These questions reveal a reversal of the energy... -
Heat Transfer, Volume 2: Radiation and Exchangers by Yves Jannot 9781786309280
RRP: $170.28$147.33Heat Transfer 2 deals with radiation, heat exchangers and flat plate solar collectors. It presents the treatment of radiation in semi-transparent media to be taken into account for insulation or recovery of high temperature waste heat (energy saving in... -
Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics by Themis Matsoukas 9780132693066
RRP: $143.33$128.79The Clear, Well-Organized Introduction to Thermodynamics Theory and Calculations for All Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Students This text is designed to make thermodynamics far easier for undergraduate chemical engineering students to learn, and... -
Heat Conversion Systems by Georg Alefeld 9780367449759
RRP: $76.10$65.89Heat Conversion Systems develops the underlying concepts of advanced Rankine-based absorption and compression cycles and introduces the Building Block Approach as a general concept. The Building Block Approach identifies all cycle configurations for a... -
Advances in Thermodynamics and Circular Thermoeconomics: Fundamentals and Criteria by Michel Feidt 9781789451269
RRP: $170.28$117.87This book on energy physics and energy efficiency discusses two essential components of energy physics: the fundamentals and the criteria. It covers the historical basis of Carnot models, the thermostatic cycles of double-function heat pumps and the... -
Field Theory of Nonimaging Optics by Angel Garcia-Botella 9780367543440
RRP: $161.25$139.14This book aims to overcome the traditional ray paradigm and provide an analytical paradigm for Nonimaging Optics based on Field Theory. As a second objective, the authors address the connections between this Field Theory of Nonimaging Optics and other... -
Introduction to Rocket Science and Space Exploration A. Sivathanu Pillai (DRDO/IITM, INDIA) 9781032346977
RRP: $99.32$86.49The growing demand of space services for imaging, mobile communication, global positioning systems and disaster management, life extension of satellites by fueling, space station operations, deflecting incoming asteroids, and reducing debris from orbits,... -
Design of Hydrodynamic Machines: Pumps and Hydro-Turbines Getu Hailu (University of Alaska Anchorage, USA) 9780367439613
RRP: $154.80$133.66Design of Hydrodynamic Machines provides a broad, yet concise, theoretical background on the relationship between fluid dynamics and geometry. It covers the most important types of turbomachinery used in power generation industrial processes, utilities,... -
Conventional Flowmeters: Volume II by Jesse Yoder 9780367655433
RRP: $112.22$112.13Conventional Flowmeters, Volume II covers origin, principle of operation, development, advantages and disadvantages, applications, and frontiers of research for conventional technology flowmeters, which include differential pressure and primary elements,... -
Concise Introduction to Thermodynamics for Physicists by Patricia Faisca 9780367550844
RRP: $154.80$133.66This concise and compact introductory textbook on thermodynamics is designed for undergraduate students in physics, physics engineering, biophysics and biomedical engineering who are being exposed to the ideas and concepts of thermal physics for the... -
The Challenges of Time: Myth, Physics, Environment by Walter Grassi 9783030943714
RRP: $32.24$24.81This book represents a journey through the history of science in regards to the concept of time, specifically, the question as to whether it is absolute, relative, or irreversible. The best-known contribution, or at least the most popular one, came... -
Discover Entropy And The Second Law Of Thermodynamics: A Playful Way Of Discovering A Law Of Nature Arieh Ben-naim (The Hebrew Univ Of Jerusalem, Israel) 9789814299763
RRP: $30.96$27.54This is a sequel to the author's book entitled "Entropy Demystified" (Published by World Scientific, 2007). The aim is essentially the same as that of the previous book by the author: to present Entropy and the Second Law as simple, meaningful and... -
Problems and Solutions in Thermal Engineering: With Multiple-Choice Type Questions by Shiv Kumar
RRP: $96.74$82.02This book is a collection of over 225 multiple choice type questions (MCQs) and more than 40 practice/exam questions with solutions. This book complements a 2-volume textbook set titled Thermal Engineering by the same author. The answers are adequately... -
New-Technology Flowmeters: Volume I by Jesse Yoder
RRP: $112.22$97.45New-Technology Flowmeters describes the origin, principle of operation, development, advantages and disadvantages, applications, and frontiers of research for new-technology flowmeters, which include Coriolis, magnetic, ultrasonic, vortex, and thermal...