THERMODYNAMICS
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 1.5
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Entropy – a qualitative understanding
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Entropy – formal definition
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Entropy as a state function
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Thermodynamic cycles
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Worked example
Recommended textbooks and materials:
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Feynman Lectures in Physics – chapters 44, 45, 46
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Principles of Thermodynamics, Jean-Philippe Ansermet and Sylvain D. Brechet
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Essential Classical Thermodynamics, Ulf W. Gedde
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Problems and Solutions on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, World Scientific
