Re: [Phys-l] Picking Thermo Book - Help requested

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Jack, evidently thinks Thermo / Stat Mech hasn't changed much since the 
fifties.  

bc



Jack Uretsky wrote:

> Hi John-
> In addition to other suggestions, if you want to devote a portion of your 
> course to heat engines and the like, there's a delightful little paperback 
> from Oxford Science: F>W> Whalley, <Basic Engineering Thermodynamics> 
> (1992).  Im also partial to the Landau and Lifshitz text, shich I refer to 
> on occasion, but I can't seem to find my copy at the moment.
> 					Regards,
> 						Jack
>
>
> On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, John Howell wrote:
>
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> > Hi,
> >
> > My college is adding a course on Thermo and Statistical Mechanics to
> > its curriculum, and I drew the short straw.  Can anyone share success
> > (or problems) you've had with texts for such a course?  I last
> > studied thermo 40 years ago, so the text with which I was familiar is
> > clearly outdated.
> >
> > Thanks for any insights/advice you have to share.  Feel free to reply
> > either to the list or to me separately.
> >
> >
> > John
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