Introduction to Modern Thermodynamics

摘要

This book by Dilip Kondepudi is concerned with the subject of equili-brium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. It develops this subject by starting with the fundamental ideas, definitions, and laws, gives the derivations of the necessary equations, and moves on to many applications. It is intended for use both as a textbook and as a reference work. In addition to the basic topics found in most books on thermodynamics, Introduction to Modern Thermodynamics also contains sections on systems that are not at equilibrium, small systems, fluctuations and oscillations, critical phenomena, biological systems (including some kinetics), chemical potentials in a field, the thermodynamics of radiation, and some statistical thermodynamics.