Science of Heat and Thermophysical Studies: A Generalized Approach to Thermal AnalysisElsevier, 2005 M11 15 - 486 pages Science of Heat and Thermophysical Studies provides a non-traditional bridging of historical, philosophical, societal and scientific aspects of heat with a comprehensive approach to the field of generalized thermodynamics. It involves Greek philosophical views and their impact on the development of contemporary ideas. Covered topics include: • the concept of heat • thermometry and calorimetry • early concepts of temperature and its gradients • non-equilibrium and quantum thermodynamics • chemical kinetics • entropy, order and information • thermal science applied to economy(econophysics), ecosystems, and process dynamics or mesoscopic scales (quantum diffusion) • importance of energy science and its influence to societal life |
Contents
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FIRE AS A PHILOSOPHICAL AND ALCHEMICAL ARCHETYPE | 80 |
CONCEPT OF HEAT IN THE RENAISSANCE AND NEW AGE | 108 |
UNDERSTANDING HEAT TEMPERATURE AND GRADIENTS | 140 |
HEAT ENTROPY AND INFORMATION | 168 |
THERMODYNAMICS AND THERMOSTATICS | 204 |
THERMODYNAMICS ECONOPHYSICS ECOSYSTEMS AND SOCIETAL BEHAVIOR | 230 |
THERMAL PHYSICS OF PROCESSES DYNAMICS | 251 |
MODELING REACTION MECHANISM THE USE OF EUCLIDIAN AND FRACTAL GEOMETRY | 276 |
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