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100	1		_aBlundell, Stephen J. _9539
222			_aPhysics
245	1	0	_aConcepts in thermal physics
250			_a2nd ed. _bIndian ed.
260			_aOxford: _bOxford University Press, _cc2010.
300			_axviii, 493p. : _bill. ; _c25cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aAn understanding of thermal physics is crucial to much of modern physics, chemistry and engineering. This book provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are carefully presented in a clear way, and new ideas are illustrated with copious worked examples as well as a description of the historical background to their discovery. Applications are presented to subjects as diverse as stellar astrophysics, information and communication theory, condensed matter physics and climate change. Each chapter concludes with detailed exercises. The second edition of this popular textbook maintains the structure and lively style of the first edition but extends its coverage of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics to include several new topics, including osmosis, diffusion problems, Bayes theorem, radiative transfer, the Ising model and Monte Carlo methods. New examples and exercises have been added throughout.
650		0	_aPhysics _9540
650		0	_aHeat _93664
650		0	_aThermal physics _93665
650		0	_aThermodynamics _93666
700	1		_aBlundell, Katherine M. _9543
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