03168nam 22007573 450 991100709010332120240619131725.0978048613228004861322859781621986256162198625X(CKB)2550000001185994(EBL)1894869(SSID)ssj0001002788(PQKBManifestationID)12458769(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002788(PQKBWorkID)11015396(PQKB)10185066(MiAaPQ)EBC1894869(Au-PeEL)EBL1894869(CaONFJC)MIL565365(OCoLC)868272805(Perlego)110919(EXLCZ)99255000000118599420141222d1983|||| u|| |engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierUnderstanding thermodynamics /H.C. van Ness1st ed.New York :Dover Publications, Inc.,19831 online resource (156 pages)Dover books on mathematicsDescription based upon print version of record.Unabridged and corrected republication of the work originally published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, N.Y., in 19699780486632773 0486632776 9781306341141 1306341140 DOVER BOOKS ON MATHEMATICS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; 1 - Energy Conservation-The First Law of Thermodynamics; 2 - The Concept of Reversibility; 3 - Heat Engines; 4 - Power Plants; 5 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics; 6 - More on the Second Law; 7 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics; DOVER BOOKS - IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICSGrappling with the first and second laws of thermodynamics can test the intellectual mettle of even the most dedicated student of the physical sciences. Approaching the subject for the first time may raise more queries and doubts than are usually handled in the basic, straightforward textbook.Based on a series of lectures delivered to 500 sophomore engineering students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Van Neer's clear, lucid treatment is readily comprehensible by undergraduate-level science and engineering students. His language is informal, his examples are vivid and lively, his perDover books on mathematicsThermodynamicsThermodynamicsPhysicsHILCCPhysical Sciences & MathematicsHILCCThermodynamicsHILCCTermodinàmicalemacThermodynamics.Thermodynamics.PhysicsPhysical Sciences & MathematicsThermodynamicsTermodinàmica.536.7536/.7Van Ness H. C(Hendrick C.),2AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9911007090103321Understanding thermodynamics104249UNINA