Twenty-five years ago, the first edition of this text established a new conceptual structure for thermodynamics. Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, 2nd Edition maintains this now classical structure. It includes a simple descriptive account of recent advances in critical phenomena and a fully compatible but logically distinct introduction to statistical mechanics, and concludes with an interpretive chapter on the conceptual roots of thermostatistics.
Twenty-five years ago, the first edition of this text established a new conceptual structure for thermodynamics. Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, 2nd Edition maintains this now classical structure. It includes a simple descriptive account of recent advances in critical phenomena and a fully compatible but logically distinct introduction to statistical mechanics, and concludes with an interpretive chapter on the conceptual roots of thermostatistics.
