Thermal Physics

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Macmillan, Jan 15, 1980 - Science - 473 pages
CONGRATULATIONS TO HERBERT KROEMER, 2000 NOBEL LAUREATE FOR PHYSICS

For upper-division courses in thermodynamics or statistical mechanics, Kittel and Kroemer offers a modern approach to thermal physics that is based on the idea that all physical systems can be described in terms of their discrete quantum states, rather than drawing on 19th-century classical mechanics concepts.

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Contents

Entropy and Temperature
28
Chapter 5
34
Entropy Increase on Heat Flow
44
Chapter 6
138
Chapter 7
163
Chapter 8
225
Chapter 9
246
Chapter 10
275
Chapter 13
353
Chapter 14
380
Chapter 15
396
Appendix
423
Temperature Scales
445
Paramagnetism
446
Appendix D
459
Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
467

Chapter 11
309
Chapter 12
320

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