Understanding thermodynamics / / H.C. van Ness
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| Autore: |
Van Ness H. C (Hendrick C.)
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| Titolo: |
Understanding thermodynamics / / H.C. van Ness
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Dover Publications, Inc., , 1983 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (156 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 536.7 |
| 536/.7 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Thermodynamics |
| Physics | |
| Physical Sciences & Mathematics | |
| Termodinàmica | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Unabridged and corrected republication of the work originally published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, N.Y., in 1969 | |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 MATHEMATICS |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Grappling 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 per |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Understanding thermodynamics |
| ISBN: | 9780486132280 |
| 0486132285 | |
| 9781621986256 | |
| 162198625X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911007090103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Dover books on mathematics