Modern Thermodynamics : From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures
- 2nd
- West Sessex: John Wiley, 2015.
- xxvi, 523p. : ill.
Author index 511-312p.; Subject index 513-523p.
Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition presents a comprehensive introduction to 20th century thermodynamics that can be applied to both equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, unifying what was traditionally divided into ‘thermodynamics’ and ‘kinetics’ into one theory of irreversible processes.