Concepts in Thermal Physics (Second edition) - Softcover

Blundell, Stephen J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199562105 ISBN 13: 9780199562107

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 2009

Synopsis

This second edition provides a modern introduction to the main principles that are foundational to thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Applications are presented to a diverse range of subjects and each chapter concludes with detailed exercises.

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About the Author

Stephen Blundell did his undergraduate degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics at Peterhouse, Cambridge and his Ph. D. in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. He moved to the Clarendon Laboratory at Oxford to take up an SERC research fellowship, followed by a Junior Research Fellowship at Merton College, where he began research in organic magnets and superconductors using muon-spin rotation. In 1997 he was appointed to a University Lectureship in the Physics Department and a Tutorial Fellowship at Mansfield College, Oxford, and was subsequently promoted to Reader and then Professor. He was a joint winner of the Daiwa-Adrian Prize in 1999 for his work on organic magnets.

Katherine Blundell did her undergraduate degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics at New Hall College, Cambridge and her Ph. D. in the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge. She moved to Oxford University Astrophysics department, holding a Junior Research Fellowship at Balliol College, an 1851 Research Fellowship, before taking up a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Her research concentrates on radio galaxies and quasars. In 2005 she won a Leverhulme prize for her research, and became a Professor of Astrophysics in 2008.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199562105
• ISBN 13: 9780199562107
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 512