Thermal Physics: Entropy And Free Energies
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
9810248741
ISBN-13
9789810248741
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country of Manufacture
SG
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 18th, 2002
Print length
212 Pages
Weight
482 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 16.40 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Thermodynamics & heat
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An introduction to the basic ideas of thermal physics, designed to make the reader feel comfortable with the principles of entropy and free energies. The author explains the idea of the Landau-Ginzburg free-energy functional and describes two examples from phase transitions.
This book is an informal, readable introduction to the basic ideas of thermal physics. It is aimed at making the reader feel comfortable with the extremum principles of entropy and free energies. There is a repeating theme: Molecules (spins) do X to maximize their entropy, and molecules (spins) do XX to minimize their free energy. This finally leads to the idea of the Landau-Ginzburg free energy functional. The author illustrates how powerful the idea is by using two examples from phase transitions.
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