Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
How macroscopic order emerges from microscopic chaos — and why time has a direction.
9 topics · 1 curated work
Topics
Curated reading
1Go deeper
Primary sources and full treatments.
- BookThermodynamics and an Introduction to ThermostatisticsHerbert Callen, 1960
Rebuilds thermodynamics from a small set of postulates about equilibrium, which turns a pile of empirical laws into a deductive structure.