Foreword by Victor F. Weisskopf Preface by the Editor 1. Basic Concept8 and the First Law 1. Thermodynamic variables 2. Concept of temperature 3. Quantity of heat 4. First law of thermodynamics 5. Thermodynamic changes of state 6. Mathematical formulation of the first law 7. Applications of the first law 2. The Second Law 8. Formulations of the second law 9. Quantitative predictions of the second law 10. Mathematical formulation of the second law 11. Axiomatic foundation of thermodynamics following Carath~odory 12. Free energy 13. Gibbs's function 14. Entropy of ideal gas mixtures 15. Gibbs's paradox 16. Remarks on the mixing laws 3. Equilibria 17. Van't Hoff's boxes 18. Gibbs's variational method 19. Applications (first variation) 20. Comments on the second variation 21. Thermoelectric problems 4. Nernst's Heat Theorem 22. Nernst's heat theorem 23. Unattainability of the absolute zero 5. Kinetic Theory of Gases 24. Calculation of the pressure 25. Velocity distribution 26. Mean free path and collisions 27. Transport phenomena (d >>l) 28. Transport phenomena (l >> d) 29. Virial concept 30. Applications Bibliography Appendix. Comments by the Editor Index
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