Preface to the Second Edition

This second edition of Thermodynamics and Chemistry is a revised and enlarged version of the first edition published by Prentice Hall in 2001. The book is designed primarily as a textbook for a one-semester course for graduate or undergraduate students who have already been introduced to thermodynamics in a physical chemistry course. 

The PDF file of this book contains hyperlinks to pages, sections, equations, tables, figures, bibliography items, and problems. If you are viewing the PDF on a computer screen, tablet, or color e-reader, the links are colored in blue. 

The epigraphs on page 18 are intended to suggest the nature and importance of classical thermodynamics. You may wonder about the conversation between Alice and Humpty Dumpty. Its point, particularly important in the study of thermodynamics, is the need to pay attention to definitions—the intended meanings of words. 

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Classical thennodynamics, the subject of this book, is concerned with macroscopic aspects of the interaction of matter with energy in its various forms. This book is designed as a text for a one-semester course for senior undergraduate or graduate students who have already been introduced to thermodynamics in an undergraduate physical chemistty course. 

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