Thermodynamics

Thermodynamics
ISBN-10
0486842746
ISBN-13
9780486842745
Series
Thermodynamics
Category
Science
Pages
736
Language
English
Published
2020
Publisher
Courier Dover Publications
Authors
Kenneth S. Pitzer, Gilbert Newton Lewis, Merle Randall

Description

Originally published in 1923, this classic was revised and updated in the early 60s, adding material on solution thermodynamics, results in statistical mechanics, surfaces, gravitational and electromagnetic fields, more. 1961 second edition.

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