The book presents a clear and simple exposition of thermodynamic principles to penetrate its fundamental ideas and to appreciate the logical development of thermodynamic reasoning. Applications in various branches of physics have been treated in detail with worked examples and set of problems accompany each chapter.

Preface / Temperature / Thermodynamic Equilibrium: Quasistatic Processes and Work / Heat and the First Law of Thermodynamics / The Second Law of Thermodynamics / Consequences of the Second Law / General Thermodynamics Relations / Thermodynamics Potentials / Low Temperatures / Thermodynamics of Radiation / Power and Refrigeration Cycles / References / Index

Undergraduate students majoring in Physics and Students of Engineering