02950oam 2200481 450 991043762860332120210617145157.03-030-20700-510.1007/978-3-030-20700-7(CKB)4100000011716926(DE-He213)978-3-030-20700-7(MiAaPQ)EBC6455895(PPN)253253985(EXLCZ)99410000001171692620210617d2020 uy 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGeneral and statistical thermodynamics /Raza Tahir-KheliSecond edition.Cham, Switzerland :Springer,[2020]©20201 online resource (XXVI, 658 p. 55 illus., 1 illus. in color.) Graduate Texts in Physics3-030-20699-8 Introduction and Zeroth Law -- Perfect Gas -- The First Law -- The Second Law -- First and Second Laws Combined -- Van der Waals Theory: Imperfect Gases -- Internal Energy and Enthalpy -- Fundamental Equation -- Thermodynamic Potentials -- Statistical Thermodynamics:Third Law -- The Cooper Pair -- The Bogoliubov Transformation -- Superconductivity.This textbook provides comprehensive information on general and statistical thermodynamics. It begins with an introductory statistical mechanics course, deriving all the important formulae meticulously and explicitly, without mathematical shortcuts. In turn, the main part of the book focuses on in-depth discussions of the concepts and laws of thermodynamics, van der Waals, Kelvin and Claudius theories, ideal and real gases, thermodynamic potentials, phonons and all related aspects. To elucidate the concepts introduced and to provide practical problem-solving support, numerous carefully worked-out examples are included. The text is clearly written and punctuated with a number of interesting anecdotes. The book also provides alternative solutions to problems and second equivalent explanations of important physical concepts. This second edition has been expanded to cover the foundations of superconductivity with new chapters on Cooper pairs, the Bogoliubov transformation, and superconductivity. It is suitable as a main thermodynamics textbook for upper-undergraduate students and provides extensive coverage, allowing instructors to ‘pick and choose’ the elements that best match their class profile. .Graduate texts in physics.Statistical thermodynamicsThermodynamicsStatistical thermodynamics.Thermodynamics.536.7Tahir-Kheli Raza842276MiAaPQMiAaPQUtOrBLWBOOK9910437628603321General and Statistical Thermodynamics1879828UNINA