TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hardy,Robert J.
AU  - Binek,Christian
TI  - Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics: an integrated approach 
SN  - 9781118501016 (cloth)
AV  - QC311 .H3273 2014
U1  - 536/.7 23
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex
PB  - John Wiley & Sons Inc.
KW  - Thermodynamics
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Statistical mechanics
N1  - Includes index; 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
ER  -