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A Student's Guide to the Laws of Thermodynamics
Series: Student's Guides
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Using a welcoming and conversational style, A Student's Guide to the Laws of Thermodynamics takes readers on a tour of the laws of thermodynamics, highlighting their importance for a wide range of disciplines. It will be a valuable resource for self-guided learners, students, and instructors working...
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See moreThis Student's Guide provides a guided tour of the laws of thermodynamics, with particular attention given to their development through observational and empirical means. It will be a valuable resource for students and instructors of physics, engineering, chemistry, atmospheric science, and many other scientific disciplines.
An accessible guide to the laws of thermodynamics for students of the physical sciences and engineering.
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Description
Using a welcoming and conversational style, A Student's Guide to the Laws of Thermodynamics takes readers on a tour of the laws of thermodynamics, highlighting their importance for a wide range of disciplines. It will be a valuable resource for self-guided learners, students, and instructors working in physics, engineering, chemistry, meteorology, climatology, cosmology, biology, and other scientific fields.
The book discusses thermodynamic properties such as temperature, internal energy, and entropy, and develops the laws through primarily observational means without extensive reference to atomic principles. This classical approach allows students to get a handle on thermodynamics as an experimental science and prepares them for more advanced study of statistical mechanics, which is introduced in the final chapter.
Detailed practical examples are used to illustrate the theoretical concepts, with a selection of problems included at the end of each chapter to facilitate learning. Solutions to these problems can be found online along with additional supplemental materials.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781009664592
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 438g
Pages: 198
About the Author
Justin W. Garvin is a Professor of Instruction in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Iowa. He has previously worked as a research engineer for Iowa's IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering research lab and for the US Air Force Research Laboratory. He specializes in fluid dynamics and thermal physics.
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