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A Commentary on Thermodynamics
William A. Day
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paperback. Series: Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy. Num Pages: 97 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 185.
The aim of this book is to comment on, and clarify, the mathematical aspects of the theory of thermodynamics. The standard presentations of the subject are often beset by a number of obscurities associated with the words "state", "reversible", "irreversible", and "quasi-static". This book is written in the belief that such obscurities are best removed not by the formal axiomatization of thermodynamics, but by setting the theory in the wider context of a genuine field theory which incorporates the effects of heat conduction and intertia, and proving appropriate results about the governing differential equations of this field theory. Even in ... Read more
The aim of this book is to comment on, and clarify, the mathematical aspects of the theory of thermodynamics. The standard presentations of the subject are often beset by a number of obscurities associated with the words "state", "reversible", "irreversible", and "quasi-static". This book is written in the belief that such obscurities are best removed not by the formal axiomatization of thermodynamics, but by setting the theory in the wider context of a genuine field theory which incorporates the effects of heat conduction and intertia, and proving appropriate results about the governing differential equations of this field theory. Even in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Number of pages
97
Condition
New
Series
Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy
Number of Pages
97
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461264347
SKU
V9781461264347
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