| Description |
xvii, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Historical Roots: From Heat Engines To Cosmology. -- The Basic Concepts. -- The First Law of Thermodynamics. -- The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time. -- Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions. -- Equilibrium Thermodynamics. -- Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamic Relations. -- Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids. -- Phase Change. -- Solutions. -- Chemical Transformations. -- Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom. -- Thermodynamics of Radiation. -- Fluctuations And Stability. -- The Gibbs Stability Theory. -- Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity. -- Stability and Fluctuations Based on Entropy Production. -- Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics. -- Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations. -- Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime. -- Nonequilibrium Stationary States and Their Stability: Linear Regime. -- Order Through Fluctuations. -- Nonlinear Thermodynamics. -- Dissipative Structures. -- Where Do We Go From Here? -- Postface. -- Standard Thermodynamic Properties. -- Physical Constants and Data. -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Thermodynamics.
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| Author |
Prigogine, I. (Ilya)
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| LC no. |
97048745 |
| ISBN |
0471973939 (hardbound : alk. paper) |
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0471973947 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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