Gordon John Van Wylen is an American physicist and author of textbooks on thermodynamics. He was chair of the physics department at the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1972 and President of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, from 1972 to 1987. He was born on 6 Feb 1920 in Grant, Michigan.
energy isn’t real and doesn’t make sense but this text has helpful examples. too calculus based at times though and slightly outdated. prevented me from failing my final exam