Hardy, Robert J., <br/><br/>
Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics :  an integrated approach / 
Robert J. Hardy and Christian Binek,  Department of Physics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. 
 - xiv, 518 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>First law of thermodynamics -- Properties and partial derivatives -- Processes in gases -- Phase transitions -- Reversible and irreversible processes -- The second law and carnot cycles -- Temperature scales and absolute zero -- State space and differentials -- Entropy -- Consequences of existence of entropy -- Thermodynamic potentials -- Phase transitions and open systems -- Dielectric and magnetic systems -- Molecular models -- Kinetic theory of gases -- Microscopic significance of entropy -- Ensembles -- Partition function -- Quantum systems -- Independent particles and paramagnetism -- Fluctuations and energy distributions -- Generalizations and diatomic gasesi -- Photons and phonons -- Grand canonical ensemble -- Fermions and bosons  -- Fermi and bose gases -- Inter-particle interactions -- Computer simulations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781118501016 (cloth) 9781118501009 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013039738 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Thermodynamics--Textbooks.<br/>Statistical mechanics--Textbooks.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC311  / .H3273 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>536/.7