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020			_a9783030208813 (pbk.) _c€ 64.99
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041			_aENG
082			_a551.9 _bGAN _223rd
100			_aGanguly, Jibamitra _93564
222			_aEarth and Environmental Sciences
245		0	_aThermodynamics in earth and planetary sciences
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aSwitzerland: _bSpringer Nature, _cc2020.
300			_axxxiii, 610p. : _bill. ; _c22cm.
440			_aSpringer textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. _93565
504			_aIncludes illustrations appendices, references and index.
520			_aThis textbook provides an intuitive yet mathematically rigorous introduction to the thermodynamics and thermal physics of planetary processes. It demonstrates how the workings of planetary bodies can be understood in depth by reducing them to fundamental physics and chemistry. The book is based on two courses taught by the author for many years at the University of Georgia. It includes 'Guided Exercise' boxes; end-of-chapter problems (worked solutions provided online); and software boxes (Maple code provided online). As well as being an ideal textbook on planetary thermodynamics for advanced students in the Earth and planetary sciences, it also provides an innovative and quantitative complement to more traditional courses in geological thermodynamics, petrology, chemical oceanography and planetary science. In addition to its use as a textbook, it is also of great interest to researchers looking for a 'one stop' source of concepts and techniques that they can apply to their research problems. Based on a university course, this book provides an exposition of a large spectrum of geological, geochemical and geophysical problems that are amenable to thermodynamic analysis. It also includes selected problems in planetary sciences, relationships between thermodynamics and microscopic properties, particle size effects, methods of approximation of thermodynamic properties of minerals, and some kinetic ramifications of entropy production. The textbook will enable graduate students and researchers alike to develop an appreciation of the fundamental principles of thermodynamics, and their wide ranging applications to natural processes and systems.
650			_aEarth Sciences _93566
650			_aEnvironmental Sciences _93567
650			_aPlanetary Science _93568
650			_aAstrobiology _93569
650			_aGeochemistry _93570
650			_aEnvironmental Chemistry _93571
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