Lectures on Theoretical Physics

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics deals with the method of thermodynamic potentials, the four Gibbsian potentials, and Boltzmann''s statistics. The book reviews the general considerations of thermodynamics, such as the first and second laws of thermodynamics, the van der Waals equation, and Nernst''s third law of thermodynamics. The text also discusses the application of thermodynamics to s...