Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures
Author(s): Dilip Kondepudi, I. Prigogine
Publisher: Wiley
Date : 1998-10-22
Pages : 508
Format : pdf
OCR : Y
Quality : good
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 0471973947
ISBN-13 : 9780471973942
Here, at long last, is a thermodynamics book, suitable for both undergraduates and graduates, that integrates recently developed understanding of far-from-equilibrium systems into a rigorous and coherent presentation of the foundation of the science. In Modern Thermodynamics, Dilip Kondepudi and Ilya Prigogine give a solid treatment of the first and the second laws and entropy - with abundant historical material. Then they turn to concise treatment of the standard topics of equilibrium thermodynamics. Adding ample worked illustrations and problems. A third, shorter section covers fluctuations and stability, including the Gibbs stability theory, critical phenomena and entropy production before getting to the heart of the subject: linear non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Here, they include the Onsager reciprocal relationships and the stability of non-equilibrium steady states. .... Anyone interested in helping students (and active researchers) prepare for dealing with main themes of contemporary chemistry and biology should consider this book carefully. -- The New Scientist, 3 October, 1998
Kondepudi and Prigogine's book will be a revelation for chemists schooled in the Lewis and Randall thermodynamics approach. The authors provide new insights into even basic thermodynamic concepts from the view of the Belgian school. Prigogine received a Nobel prize for his work in nonequilibrium thermodynamics, and the last two parts of the book are based on this necessary part of modern chemical education. The first 14 chapters cover traditional thermodynamics in an unconventional and insightful way. The last two parts are available for use in more advanced courses than a first reading of the subject. Further, the book as a whole presents a rarely accomplished view of both equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. A number of problems are included, and the reader is encouraged to solve some of them using Mthematica and/or other computer packages. The authors acknowledge the existence of real data and other information on the Web and encourage the reader to access these sources via Internet addresses provided. A fresh presentation of thermodynamics, which underscores this science as one of irreversible processes. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. -- CHOICE, April, 1999
The authors of this book have identified a gap in the range of textbooks currently available, and have filled it, efficiently and admirably. .... Lecturers in physics, chemistry and engineering will find this text invaluable for their undergraduate courses, and postgraduates in the area of thermodynamics will find it essential reading. ...
I wish I had this book, instead of my rather dry undergraduate physics text, and a rather narrow postgraduate astrophysics text. -- High Temperatures - High Pressures, Vol. 30, No. 6, 1998
Product Description
Thermodynamics is a core part of most science and engineering curricula. However, most texts that are currently available to students still treat thermodynamics very much as it was presented in the 19th century, generally for historical rather than pedagogical reasons. Modern Thermodynamics takes a different approach, and deals with the relationship between irreversible processes and entropy.The relationship between irreversible processes and entropy is introduced early on, enabling the reader to benefit from seeing the relationship in such processes as heat conduction and chemical reactions. This text presents thermodynamics in a contemporary and exciting manner, with a wide range of applications, and many exercises and examples. Students are also encouraged to use computers through the provision of Mathematica code and Internet / WWW addresses where real data and additional information can be found.
FEATURES
· A truly modern approach to thermodynamics, presenting it as a science of irreversible processes whilst avoiding dividing the subject into equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics.
· An extensive range of applications drawn from science and engineering, along with many real world examples, and exercises.
· Written by two well-known authors, of whom Professor llya Prigogine was awarded the Nobel Prize for his
research into thermodynamics.
CONTENTS: Part I: Historical Roots: From Heat Engines to Cosmology: Basic Concepts; First Law of Thermodynamics; Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time; Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions; Part ll: Equilibrium Thermodynamics: Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamic Relations; Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids; Thermodynamics of Phase Change; Thermodynamics of Solutions; Thermodynamics of Chemical Transformations; Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom; Thermodynamics of Radiation; Part III: Fluctuations and Stability: The Gibbs' Theory of Stability; Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity; Theory of Stability and Fluctuations Based on Entropy Production; Part IV: Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations; Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime; Nonequilibrium Stationary States and their Stability: Linear Regime; Part V: Order Through Fluctuations: Nonlinear Thermodynamics; Dissipative Structures; Postface: Where do we go from here?
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http://rs204.rapidshare.com/files/192309110/Modern_Thermodynamics.pdf
Author(s): Dilip Kondepudi, I. Prigogine
Publisher: Wiley
Date : 1998-10-22
Pages : 508
Format : pdf
OCR : Y
Quality : good
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 0471973947
ISBN-13 : 9780471973942
Here, at long last, is a thermodynamics book, suitable for both undergraduates and graduates, that integrates recently developed understanding of far-from-equilibrium systems into a rigorous and coherent presentation of the foundation of the science. In Modern Thermodynamics, Dilip Kondepudi and Ilya Prigogine give a solid treatment of the first and the second laws and entropy - with abundant historical material. Then they turn to concise treatment of the standard topics of equilibrium thermodynamics. Adding ample worked illustrations and problems. A third, shorter section covers fluctuations and stability, including the Gibbs stability theory, critical phenomena and entropy production before getting to the heart of the subject: linear non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Here, they include the Onsager reciprocal relationships and the stability of non-equilibrium steady states. .... Anyone interested in helping students (and active researchers) prepare for dealing with main themes of contemporary chemistry and biology should consider this book carefully. -- The New Scientist, 3 October, 1998
Kondepudi and Prigogine's book will be a revelation for chemists schooled in the Lewis and Randall thermodynamics approach. The authors provide new insights into even basic thermodynamic concepts from the view of the Belgian school. Prigogine received a Nobel prize for his work in nonequilibrium thermodynamics, and the last two parts of the book are based on this necessary part of modern chemical education. The first 14 chapters cover traditional thermodynamics in an unconventional and insightful way. The last two parts are available for use in more advanced courses than a first reading of the subject. Further, the book as a whole presents a rarely accomplished view of both equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. A number of problems are included, and the reader is encouraged to solve some of them using Mthematica and/or other computer packages. The authors acknowledge the existence of real data and other information on the Web and encourage the reader to access these sources via Internet addresses provided. A fresh presentation of thermodynamics, which underscores this science as one of irreversible processes. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals. -- CHOICE, April, 1999
The authors of this book have identified a gap in the range of textbooks currently available, and have filled it, efficiently and admirably. .... Lecturers in physics, chemistry and engineering will find this text invaluable for their undergraduate courses, and postgraduates in the area of thermodynamics will find it essential reading. ...
I wish I had this book, instead of my rather dry undergraduate physics text, and a rather narrow postgraduate astrophysics text. -- High Temperatures - High Pressures, Vol. 30, No. 6, 1998
Product Description
Thermodynamics is a core part of most science and engineering curricula. However, most texts that are currently available to students still treat thermodynamics very much as it was presented in the 19th century, generally for historical rather than pedagogical reasons. Modern Thermodynamics takes a different approach, and deals with the relationship between irreversible processes and entropy.The relationship between irreversible processes and entropy is introduced early on, enabling the reader to benefit from seeing the relationship in such processes as heat conduction and chemical reactions. This text presents thermodynamics in a contemporary and exciting manner, with a wide range of applications, and many exercises and examples. Students are also encouraged to use computers through the provision of Mathematica code and Internet / WWW addresses where real data and additional information can be found.
FEATURES
· A truly modern approach to thermodynamics, presenting it as a science of irreversible processes whilst avoiding dividing the subject into equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics.
· An extensive range of applications drawn from science and engineering, along with many real world examples, and exercises.
· Written by two well-known authors, of whom Professor llya Prigogine was awarded the Nobel Prize for his
research into thermodynamics.
CONTENTS: Part I: Historical Roots: From Heat Engines to Cosmology: Basic Concepts; First Law of Thermodynamics; Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time; Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions; Part ll: Equilibrium Thermodynamics: Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamic Relations; Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids; Thermodynamics of Phase Change; Thermodynamics of Solutions; Thermodynamics of Chemical Transformations; Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom; Thermodynamics of Radiation; Part III: Fluctuations and Stability: The Gibbs' Theory of Stability; Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity; Theory of Stability and Fluctuations Based on Entropy Production; Part IV: Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations; Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime; Nonequilibrium Stationary States and their Stability: Linear Regime; Part V: Order Through Fluctuations: Nonlinear Thermodynamics; Dissipative Structures; Postface: Where do we go from here?
link
http://rs204.rapidshare.com/files/192309110/Modern_Thermodynamics.pdf