SIX IDEAS THAT SHAPED PHYSICS is the 21st century's alternative to traditional, encyclopedic textbooks. Thomas Moore designed SIX IDEAS to teach students: --to apply basic physical principles to realistic situations --to solve realistic problems --to resolve contradictions between their preconceptions and the laws of physics --to organize the ideas of physics into an integrated hierarchy
Table of contents:
T1 Temperature T2 Ideal Gases T3 Gas Processes T4 Macrostates and Microstates T5 The Second Law T6 Temperature and Entropy T7 Some Mysteries Resolved T8 Calculating Entropy Changes T9 Heat Engines
Table of contents:
T1 Temperature T2 Ideal Gases T3 Gas Processes T4 Macrostates and Microstates T5 The Second Law T6 Temperature and Entropy T7 Some Mysteries Resolved T8 Calculating Entropy Changes T9 Heat Engines