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Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures

  • 作者 Dilip著I. Prigogine著
  • 出版社 Wiley
  • 出版时间 1998年8月 第1版
  • ISBN 9780471973942
  • 定价 918.40

内容简介

Thermodynamicsisacorepartofmostscienceandengineeringcurricula.However,mosttextsthatarecurrentlyavailabletostudentsstilltreatthermodynamicsverymuchasitwaspresentedinthe19thcentury,generallyforhistoricalratherthanpedagogicalreasons.ModernThermodynamicstakesadifferentapproach,anddealswiththerelationshipbetweenirreversibleprocessesandentropy.Therelationshipbetweenirreversibleprocessesandentropyisintroducedearlyon,enablingthereadertobenefitfromseeingtherelationshipinsuchprocessesasheatconductionandchemicalreactions.Thistextpresentsthermodynamicsinacontemporaryandexcitingmanner,withawiderangeofapplications,andmanyexercisesandexamples.StudentsarealsoencouragedtousecomputersthroughtheprovisionofMathematicacodeandInternet/WWWaddresseswhererealdataandadditionalinformationcanbefound.FEATURES?Atrulymodernapproachtothermodynamics,presentingitasascienceofirreversibleprocesseswhilstavoidingdividingthesubjectintoequilibriumandnon-equilibriumthermodynamics.?Anextensiverangeofapplicationsdrawnfromscienceandengineering,alongwithmanyrealworldexamples,andexercises.?Writtenbytwowell-knownauthors,ofwhomProfessorllyaPrigoginewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforhisresearchintothermodynamics.CONTENTS:PartI:HistoricalRoots:FromHeatEnginestoCosmology:BasicConcepts;FirstLawofThermodynamics;SecondLawofThermodynamicsandtheArrowofTime;EntropyintheRealmofChemicalReactions;Partll:EquilibriumThermodynamics:ExtremumPrinciplesandGeneralThermodynamicRelations;BasicThermodynamicsofGases,LiquidsandSolids;ThermodynamicsofPhaseChange;ThermodynamicsofSolutions;ThermodynamicsofChemicalTransformations;FieldsandInternalDegreesofFreedom;ThermodynamicsofRadiation;PartIII:FluctuationsandStability:TheGibbs'TheoryofStability;CriticalPhenomenaandConfigurationalHeatCapacity;TheoryofStabilityandFluctuationsBasedonEntropyProduction;PartIV:LinearNonequilibriumThermodynamics:NonequilibriumThermodynamics:TheFoundations;NonequilibriumThermodynamics:TheLinearRegime;NonequilibriumStationaryStatesandtheirStability:LinearRegime;PartV:OrderThroughFluctuations:NonlinearThermodynamics;DissipativeStructures;Postface:Wheredowegofromhere?

作者简介

DilipKondepudiisaProfessorintheChemistryDepartment,WakeForestUniversity,Winston-Salem,NorthCarolina,USA.ViscountIlyaPrigogine,NobelPrizewinnerinChemistry,theDirectoroftheInternationalSolvayInstitutes,Brussels,Belgium,andtheDirectoroftheIlyaPrigogineCenterforStudiesinStatisticalMechanicsandComplexSystems,UniversityofTexasatAustin,USA.TheNobelPrizewasawardedinrecognitionofhiscontributionstononequilibriumphysicsandespeciallythermodynamicsfarfromequilibrium.Heistherecipientofhonorarydegreesfrommorethanfortyuniversitiesaroundtheworld,andhashadfiveinstitutesdevotedtothestudyofcomplexsystemsnamedafterhim.

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