TY - BOOK AU - Kittel,Charles AU - Kroemer,Herbert TI - Thermal physics SN - 0716710889 (pbk.): U1 - 536.7 23 rd PY - 1980/// CY - New York PB - W. H. Freeman KW - Statistical thermodynamics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Physics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - For upper-level courses in Thermodynamics or Statistical Mechanics, this reprint with added information offers a modern approach to thermal physics that is based on the idea that all physical systems can be described in terms of their discrete quantum states, rather than drawing on 19th-century classical mechanics concepts; ER -