<p><P>Dr. Bernard H. Lavenda has written A New Perspective on Thermodynamics to combine an old look at thermodynamics with a new foundation. The book presents a historical perspective, which unravels the current presentation of thermodynamics found in standard texts, and which emphasizes the fundame
A New Perspective on Thermodynamics
β Scribed by Bernard H. Lavenda
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 228
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
This book introduces a new outlook on thermodynamics. It brings the theory up to the present time and indicates areas of further development with the union of information theory and the theory of means and their inequalities.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages 1-15
The Predecessors of Carnot....Pages 1-15
Thermodynamics from Carnot to Clausius and Kelvin....Pages 17-46
Thermodynamics in a Carnot Equation....Pages 47-70
Equivalence of First and Second Laws....Pages 71-115
Work from Nonequilibrium Systems....Pages 117-143
Nonextensive Thermodynamics....Pages 145-193
Back Matter....Pages 1-13
β¦ Subjects
TermodinaΜmica;TermodinaΜmica -- Historia
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<p><P>Dr. Bernard H. Lavenda has written A New Perspective on Thermodynamics to combine an old look at thermodynamics with a new foundation. The book presents a historical perspective, which unravels the current presentation of thermodynamics found in standard texts, and which emphasizes the fundame
<p><P>Dr. Bernard H. Lavenda has written A New Perspective on Thermodynamics to combine an old look at thermodynamics with a new foundation. The book presents a historical perspective, which unravels the current presentation of thermodynamics found in standard texts, and which emphasizes the fundame
<p><P>Dr. Bernard H. Lavenda has written A New Perspective on Thermodynamics to combine an old look at thermodynamics with a new foundation. The book presents a historical perspective, which unravels the current presentation of thermodynamics found in standard texts, and which emphasizes the fundame
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