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Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics

How macroscopic order emerges from microscopic chaos — and why time has a direction.

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  • Thermodynamics 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.

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