Includes bibliographical references (p. [457]-459) and index.

PART I PRELIMINARIES; PART II KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; PART III TRANSPORT AND THERMAL DIFFUSION; PART IV THE FIRST LAW; PART V THE SECOND LAW; PART VI THERMODYNAMICS IN ACTIONS; PART VII STATISTICAL MECHANICS; PART VIII BEYOND THE IDEAL GAS; PART IX SPECIAL TOPICS; APPENDICES

An understanding of thermal physics is crucial to much of modern physics, chemistry and engineering. This book provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The key concepts are carefully presented in a clear way, and new ideas are illustrated with copious worked examples as well as a description of the historical background to their discovery. Applications are presented to subjects as diverse as stellar astrophysics, information and communication theory, condensed matter physics and climate change. Each chapter concludes with detailed exercises