Introduction to Thermophysics Author:Thomas P. Espinola At last! A thermophysics text that is a manageable length--under 350 pages--for upper-level students who have already completed a calculus-based physics course. Introduction to Thermophysics covers heat and other introductory topics in the first three chapters, thermodynamics in the next four chapters, and the basics of statistical mechanics in ... more »the final five chapters. Espinola uses the same four sample systems (gases, simple solid model, paramagnetic salt, and pure substances) in examples and problems throughout the thermo and statistical mechanics sections and then adds the fifth system (stretched wire) in the problem sets for your more advanced students. With a variety of problems, this text also provides a solid background for more rigorous graduate-level courses.« less