Concepts in Thermal Physics
by Stephen J. Blundell, Katherine M. Blundell
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This text provides a modern introduction to the main principles of thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are presented and new ideas are illustrated with worked examples as well as description of the historical background to their discovery.Tags
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1st reading, 2013:
A nicely readable introduction to thermodynamics, I've found useful for understanding both physics and chemistry. It's a very thorough undergraduate textbook, a bit of a stretch for me, but interesting overall.
2nd reading, 2025:
This time I tried to follow the math more closely, and discovered just how rusty my physics and math skills are. Still, if I take the statements at face value, it still reads true for me.
Maybe my next project could be to start at precalculus and work on those math skills I used to know about.
A nicely readable introduction to thermodynamics, I've found useful for understanding both physics and chemistry. It's a very thorough undergraduate textbook, a bit of a stretch for me, but interesting overall.
2nd reading, 2025:
This time I tried to follow the math more closely, and discovered just how rusty my physics and math skills are. Still, if I take the statements at face value, it still reads true for me.
Maybe my next project could be to start at precalculus and work on those math skills I used to know about.
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- Science & Nature, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 536 — Natural sciences & mathematics Physics Heat
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- QC254.2 .B58 — Science Physics Physics Heat
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