Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics

The only text to cover both thermodynamic and statistical mechanics--allowing students to fully master thermodynamics at the macroscopic level. Presents essential ideas on critical phenomena developed over the last decade in simple, qualitative terms. This new edition maintains the simple structure of the first and puts new emphasis on pedagogical considerations. Thermostatisti...

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The only text to cover both thermodynamic and statistical mechanics--allowing students to fully master thermodynamics at the macroscopic level. Presents essential ideas on critical phenomena developed over the last decade in simple, qualitative terms. This new edition maintains the simple structure of the first and puts new emphasis on pedagogical considerations. Thermostatistics is incorporated into the text without eclipsing macroscopic thermodynamics, and is integrated into the conceptual framework of physical theory.

Herbert Bernard Callen (July 1, 1919 – May 22, 1993) was an American physicist specializing in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. He is considered one of the founders of the modern theory of irreversible thermodynamics, and is the author of the classic textbook Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, published in two editions. During World War II, his ser...

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Herbert Bernard Callen (July 1, 1919 – May 22, 1993) was an American physicist specializing in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. He is considered one of the founders of the modern theory of irreversible thermodynamics, and is the author of the classic textbook Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, published in two editions. During World War II, his services were invoked in the theoretical division of the Manhattan Project.

Part I: General Principles of Classical Thermodynamics
Introduction: The Nature of Thermodynamics and the Basis of Thermostatistics
Chapter 1: The Problem and the Postulates
Chapter 2: The Conditions of Equilibrium
Chapter 3: Some Formal Relationships, and Sample Systems
Chapter 4: Reversible Processes and the Maximum Work Theorem
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Part I: General Principles of Classical Thermodynamics
Introduction: The Nature of Thermodynamics and the Basis of Thermostatistics
Chapter 1: The Problem and the Postulates
Chapter 2: The Conditions of Equilibrium
Chapter 3: Some Formal Relationships, and Sample Systems
Chapter 4: Reversible Processes and the Maximum Work Theorem
Chapter 5: Alternative Formulations and Legendre Transformations
Chapter 6: The Extremum Principle in the Legendre Transformed Representations
Chapter 7: Maxwell Relations
Chapter 8: Stability of Thermodynamic Systems
Chapter 9: First-order Phase Transitions
Chapter 10: Critical Phenomena
Chapter 11: The Nernst Postulate
Chapter 12: Summary of Principles for General Systems
Chapter 13: Properties of Materials
Chapter 14: Irreversible Thermodynamics
Part II: Statistical Mechanics
Chapter 15: Statistical Mechanics in the Entropy Representation
Chapter 16: The Canonical Formalism; Statistical Mechanics in Helmholtz Representation
Chapter 17: Entropy and Disorder; Generalized Canonical Formulations
Chapter 18: Quantum Fluids
Chapter 19: Fluctuations
Chapter 20: Variational Properties, Perturbation Expansions, and Mean Field Theory
Part III: Foundations
Chapter 21: Postlude: Symmetry and the Conceptual Foundations of Thermostatistics
Appendix A: Some Relations Involving Partial Derivatives
Appendix B: Magnetic Systems
General References
Index
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