TABLE OF CONTENTS The literature on the topics treated in this book is enormous. The number of books on thermodynamics or statistical mechanics alone is staggering. Below, I offer some selections that readers would find useful for further studies.
Callen, Herbert B.; (1961); Thermodynamics; John Wiley, New York.
Fermi, Enrico; (1936); Thermodynamics; Prentice-Hall, New York; reprinted by Dover Publications, 1956.
Gaskell, David R.; (1995); Introduction to the Thermodynamics of Materials; Taylor and Francis, Washington, D.C.
Glasstone, Samuel; (1947); Thermodynamics for Chemists; van Nostrand, New York.
Guggenheim, E.A.; (1949); Thermodynamics; North Holland, Amsterdam; Interscience, New York.
Landau, L.D., and E.M. Lifshitz; (1958); Statistical Physics; Pergamon Press, London.
Margenau, Henry, and George M. Murphy; (1956); The Mathematics of Physics and Chemistry; chapter 1; van Nostrand; New York.
Slater, J.C.; (1939); Introduction to Chemical Physics; chapters 1 and 2; McGraw-Hill, New York.
van Ness, H.C.; (1969); Understanding Thermodynamics; McGraw-Hill, New York; reprinted by Dover Publications, 1983.
Zemanski, Mark W.; (1957); Heat and Thermodynamics; McGraw-Hill, New York.
Bowley, Roger, and Mariana Sanchez; (1996); Introductory Statistical Mechanics; Clarendon Press, Oxford.
Chandler, David; (1987); Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics; Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Eyring, H., D. Henderson, B.J. Stover, and E.M. Eyring; (1964); Statistical Mechanics and Dynamics; Wiley, New York.
Fowler, R.H.; (1936); Statistical Mechanics; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Fowler, R.H., and E.A. Guggenheim; (1930); Statistical Thermodynamics; 2nd printing with corrections, 1949; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Girifalco, L.A.;
