Front coverPhysical Constants and Unit ConversionsTitle pageDate-lineContentsPrefacePart I: FundamentalsChapter 1. Energy in Thermal Physics1.1 Thermal Equilibrium1.2 The Ideal Gas1.3 Equipartition of Energy1.4 Heat and Work1.5 Compression Work1.6 Heat Capacities1.7 Rates of Processes

Chapter 2. The Second Law2.1 Two-State Systems2.2 The Einstein Model of a Solid2.3 Interacting Systems2.4 Large Systems2.5 The Ideal Gas2.6 Entropy

Chapter 3. Interactions and Implications3.1 Temperature3.2 Entropy and Heat3.3 Paramagnetism3.4 Mechanical Equilibrium and Pressure3.5 Diffusive Equilibrium and Chemical Potential3.6 Summary and a Look Ahead

Part II: ThermodynamicsChapter 4. Engines and Refrigerators4.1 Heat Engines4.2 Refrigerators4.3 Real Heat Engines4.4 Real Refrigerators

Chapter 5. Free Energy and Chemical Thermodynamics5.1 Free Energy as Available Work5.2 Free Energy as a Force toward Equilibrium5.4 Phase Transformations of Pure Substances5.4 Phase Transformations of Mixtures5.5 Dilute Solutions5.6 Chemical Equilibrium

Part III: Statistical MechanicsChapter 6. Boltzmann Statistics6.1 The Boltzmann Factor6.2 Average Values6.3 The Equipartition Theorem6.4 The Maxwell Speed Distribution6.5 Partition Functions and Free Energy6.6 Partition Functions for Composite Systems6.7 Ideal Gas Revisited

Chapter 7. Quantum Statistics7.1 The Gibbs Factor7.2 Bosons and Fermions7.3 Degenerate Fermi Gases7.4 Blackbody Radiation7.5 Debye Theory of Solids7.6 Bose-Einstein Condensation

Chapter 8. Systems of Interacting Particles8.1 Weakly Interacting Gases8.2 The Ising Model of a Ferromagnet

Appendix A. Elements of Quantum MechanicsA.1 Evidence for Wave-Particle DualityA.2 WavefunctionsA.3 Definite-Energy WavefunctionsA.4 Angular MomentumA.5 Systems of Many ParticlesA.6 Quantum Field Theory

Appendix B. Mathematical ResultsB.1 Gaussian IntegralsB.2 The Gamma FunctionB.3 Stirling's ApproximationB.4 Area of a d-Dimensional HypersphereB.5 Integrals of Quantum Statistics

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