Concepts in Thermal Physics, 2nd Edition
$128.41
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
16 September 2009
Summary
An 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 stell…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199562107 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199562105 |
| Author: | Stephen J. Blundell, Katherine M. Blundell |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 16 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 1.07kg |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 188mm x 246mm |
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Critics Review
Review from previous edition The best book I have ever encountered at this level ... a winner.'Michael C. Mackey, McGill UniversityWith so many results derived from so few assumptions, it is important that the presentation be clear and logical. Concepts in Thermal Physics by Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell fulfills that need admirably … Concepts in Thermal Physics provides an excellent introduction to thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. It deserves serious consideration as a textbook for any undergraduate course on those topics.‘Physics Today`…elementary and admirably clear expositions of a wide range of subjects not often found in introductory texts… manycoming to the subject for the first time will want to consult this book.‘Contemporary Physics
Stephen J. Blundell
Stephen Blundell
Stephen Blundell received his undergraduate degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics from Peterhouse, Cambridge, and his Ph.D. from the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. He subsequently moved to the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford for an SERC research fellowship. This was followed by a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College, where he began his research into organic magnets and superconductors using muon-spin rotation. In 1997, he was appointed to a University Lectureship in the Physics Department and a Tutorial Fellowship at Mansfield College, Oxford, later being promoted to Reader and then Professor. He was a joint recipient of the Daiwa-Adrian Prize in 1999 for his work on organic magnets.
Katherine Blundell
Katherine Blundell completed her undergraduate degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics at New Hall College, Cambridge, and earned her Ph.D. from the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. She then moved to the Astrophysics department at Oxford University, holding a Junior Research Fellowship at Balliol College and an 1851 Research Fellowship before accepting a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Her research primarily focuses on radio galaxies and quasars. In 2005, she was awarded a Leverhulme Prize for her research and became a Professor of Astrophysics in 2008.
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