{"product_id":"9780306465840","title":"The Physical Basis of Thermodynamics: With Applications to Chemistry","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Physical Basis of Thermodynamics: With Applications to Chemistry\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eRichet, Pascal\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eGiven that thermodynamics books are not a rarity on the market,  why would an additional one be useful? The answer is simple: at any  level, thermodynamics is usually taught as a somewhat abstruse  discipline where many students get lost in a maze of difficult  concepts. However, thermodynamics is not as intricate a subject as  most people feel. This book fills a niche between elementary textbooks  and mathematically oriented treatises, and provides readers with a  distinct approach to the subject. As indicated by the title, this book  explains thermodynamic phenomena and concepts in physical terms before  proceeding to focus on the requisite mathematical aspects. It focuses  on the effects of pressure, temperature and chemical composition on  thermodynamic properties and places emphasis on rapidly evolving  fields such as amorphous materials, metastable phases, numerical  simulations of microsystems and high-pressure thermodynamics. Topics  like redox reactions are dealt with in less depth, due to the fact  that there is already much literature available. Without requiring a  background in quantum mechanics, this book also illustrates the main  practical applications of statistical thermodynamics and gives a  microscopic interpretation of temperature, pressure and entropy.\u003cbr\u003e  This book is perfect for undergraduate and graduate students who  already have a basic knowledge of thermodynamics and who wish to truly  \u003cem\u003eunderstand\u003c\/em\u003e the subject and put it in a broader physical  perspective. The book is aimed not at theoretical physicists, but  rather at practitioners with a variety of backgrounds from physics to  biochemistry for whom thermodynamics is a tool which would be better  used if better understood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2001-08-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780306465840\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-1237-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 442\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47185155719308,"sku":"9780306465840","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780306465840.jpg?v=1775012669","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780306465840","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}