Statistical Physics I
by Eric Poisson
Publisher: University of Guelph 2000
Number of pages: 97
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From the table of contents: Thermodynamic systems and the zeroth law; Transformations and the first law; Heat engines and the second law; Entropy and the third law; Thermodynamic potentials; Thermodynamics of magnetic systems.
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