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Therodynamics Courses (was Thermodynamics Texts)



I have a related question. Is it customary for undergrad. physics
departments to offer both a macroscopic, eg like Zemanski, and a
microscopic, eg like Kittel, thermodynamics/thermal physics course for
physics majors? If both are offered, which would be required for a physics
major?
Thanks,
Jim Peters

on 25/9/01 8:42 AM, Gary Karshner at karshner@STMARYTX.EDU wrote:

I just had our thermodynamics course dumped in my lap. The fellow that was
going to teach it can't. I am not up on current text books. Any
recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Gary Karshner

Gary,
What is the level of the course; what style of coverage is desired, is the
course to be macroscopic: semi-historical (Joule and Carnot and Clausius and
all that, with plenty of heat engines - Zemansky approach) or axiomatic
(nonthermally with Caratheodory - or thermally with Callan ); or
microscopic: stat mech (Kittel and/or Berkeley approach)?

Brian McInnes