Video lectures by Pervez Hoodbhoy in English and Urdu
These lectures are suitable for undergraduate level teaching (years 16-20) and provide the conceptual foundations of thermodynamics. Although several examples are worked out here, for a fuller grasp of the subject students should work out at least some problems in the texts recommended below.
Module 1.2
Conversion of energy from one form to another
Units of heat and energy
Internal energy (example: ideal gas)
Thermodynamic variables and equation of state
Isolated, closed and open systems
First Law of Thermodynamics (circa 1840)
Exact and inexact differentials
Recommended textbooks and materials:
Feynman Lectures in Physics – chapters 44, 45, 46
Principles of Thermodynamics, Jean-Philippe Ansermet and Sylvain D. Brechet
Essential Classical Thermodynamics, Ulf W. Gedde
Problems and Solutions on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, World Scientific
