Treatise on Thermodynamics

Treatise on ThermodynamicsWritten by the founder of quantum theory, a Nobel Prize winner, this classic volume is still recognized as among the best introductions to thermodynamics. It is a model of conciseness and logic, ideally suited to the needs of both students and research workers in physics and chemistry. Based on Planck's original papers, the book offers a uniform point of view for the entire field. Rejecting the earlier approaches of Helmholtz and Maxwell, Planck makes

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One of the clearest available introductions to variational methods

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It also provides an introduction to the study of Riemannian geometry

Note heads in this edition have been reproduced in a size large enough to be read easily at the keyboard

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and supplying lists of essential formulae and derivations

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