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The Laws Of Thermodynamics: A Very Short Introduction (2010)

by Peter Atkins(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0199572194 (ISBN13: 9780199572199)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

series

Very Short Introductions

review 1: I had to read this book because I was doing a physics project on thermodynamics. This is a good starting point for people who didn't know anything about the subject before because (like all very short introductions) it's quite easy to understand. If there is anything you don't understand it'll become clear after reading the section again a few times. Nothing really difficult is presented, which I guess is good because it didn't scare me off the topic! However what you learn from the book is kind of a all-round knowledge, because it discusses all of the laws and some relevant concepts besides.
review 2: I felt that I needed to brush up my Thermodynamics, and this little pocket-sized introduction was just the ticket to get me re-started. Not by any means an exha... moreustive treatment of the subject but a good memory-jogger for someone whose last encounter with Gibbs' Free Energy was sometime around 1987. Each chapter gives firstly a treatment of a concept in classical, 'bulk' thermodynamics, and then explains the statistical link to the micro-world. Peter Atkins tackles the subject with an appealing, dryly humourous approach punctuated with occasional, and slightly controversial, philosophical asides. less

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