TY - BOOK AU - Sprackling,Michael TI - Heat and thermodynamics T2 - Macmillan college work out series SN - 9780333565131 U1 - 536 PY - 1993/// CY - Basingstoke, England PB - Macmillan KW - Thermodynamics KW - Heat N1 - Includes Index; Basic Computers in Thermodynamics - Work - Gases and the Ideal Gas Scale of Temperature - First Law of Thermodynamics - Second Law of Thermodynamics - Entropy - Thermodynamic Potential Functions - Some Simple Thermodynamic Systems - Heat Capacities and Equations of State - Phase Changes - The Third Law of Thermodynamics - Irreversible Processes - A Simple Kinetic Theory of Gases - Heat Transfer - Index N2 - Presents the core topics in thermal physics, using the problem-based learning approach. The book has combined the aim of promoting understanding through problem solving and, by putting many of the problems in traditional examination form, providing exam preparation ER -