InhaltsangabeIntroduction: From Metaphors to Models of Heat.- PART I: Fluids, Electricity, and Energy.- Storage and Flow of Fluids.- Electricity, Fluids, and Oscillatory Systems.- Energy in Physical Processes.- PART II: Thermal and Chemical Processes.- Storage, Flow, and Production of Heat.- Transport of Substances.- The Response of Gases and Radiation to Heat.- Chemical Reactions and Heat.- Transport of Heat.- Minimization of Entropy Production.- PART III: A Dynamical Theory of Heat.- Thernodynamics of Uniform Processes.- Chemical processes in uniform fluid systems.- Laws of balance in continuous processes.- Thermodynamics of continuous processes.- PART IV: Special Processes and Systems.- Conduction and Thermoelectricity.- Radiation and Radiative Transport of Heat.- Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer.- Phase Changes and Engines.- Mixtures and Solutions.

Introduction: From Metaphors to Models of Heat.- PART I: Fluids, Electricity, and Energy.- Storage and Flow of Fluids.- Electricity, Fluids, and Oscillatory Systems.- Energy in Physical Processes.- PART II: Thermal and Chemical Processes.- Storage, Flow, and Production of Heat.- Transport of Substances.- The Response of Gases and Radiation to Heat.- Chemical Reactions and Heat.- Transport of Heat.- Minimization of Entropy Production.- PART III: A Dynamical Theory of Heat.- Thernodynamics of Uniform Processes.- Chemical processes in uniform fluid systems.- Laws of balance in continuous processes.- Thermodynamics of continuous processes.- PART IV: Special Processes and Systems.- Conduction and Thermoelectricity.- Radiation and Radiative Transport of Heat.- Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer.- Phase Changes and Engines.- Mixtures and Solutions.

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