CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS FOR METALS AND MATERIALS

by Hae-Geon Lee

A number of thermodynamic books claiming to be original in both presentation and approach have been published. However, thermodynamics is still a confusing subject for uninitiated students and an "easy-to-forget" one for graduate engineers. In order to solve these problems, this computer aided learning package -- textbook and CD-ROM -- takes a new approach.This package is unique and beneficial in that it simulates a classroom it actually writes important equations and concepts on a virtual board, underlines, draws circles, places ticks to emphasise important points, draws arrows to indicate relationships, uses colours for visual effect, erases some parts to write new lines, and even repeats some parts of the lesson to stress their importance. This realistic simulation is made possible by the employment of the multimedia capabilities of the modern-day computer. Readers are not just passively presented with thermodynamics, they can also interactively select and repeat any particular topic of interest as many times as they want. This flexibility allows readers to choose their own pace of presentation. This complementary set is in many important respects better than the books that are currently available on the subject.

324 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1999

Reviews

[winda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book suitable for people who want to understand thermodynamics as simple as possible. In this book summarize all the important thermodynamics laws and theories also the equations.
what i like most, in this book discribe the derivation of equations as diagrams so it really easy to follow the steps and also easy to be understood. But for the people who learn for the first time maybe a little bit confusing because less explanation, but the diagram and pictures really help a lot to have better understanding. This book describe different way from the other majority thermodynamics books: a diagrams and illustrations are used to explain how one phenomena and equations correlating each other.

I am consider this book not as textbook but more like summarization notes =D I don't like thermodynamics but I like to read this book =D
really recommended for people who want to review their understanding on thermodynamics faster.

I think there is a typo in the page 239, n with m at EFM equation, and its really fatal mistake because equation not like sentence, although only one letter people will get different meaning