Callen H. Thermodynamics: an introduction to the physical theories of equilibrium thermostatics and irreversible thermodynamics

Textbook. — New York (USA) and London (England): John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1960 — 376 p.: il. — Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 60 5597.«I have written this textbook as an introduction to thermodynamics for advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate students. I believe that the first ten chapters on the principles of thermodynamics could also be used to advantage in an elementary course at the junior level. In that case, the eighth chapter and the last two sections of the ninth chapter on stability considerations should be omitted, and one of the several excellent books on thermodynamic applications should be used jointly.Each of the foregoing subjects is concerned with the properties of systems in equilibrium. Within the last few years important extensions of the thermodynamic method have been made outside the domain of equilibrium. The associated theory is generally referred to as irreversible thermodynamics or the theory of irreversible processes. It seems probable that this new extension of the theory will provide some of the most significant rewards of the thermodynamic method. Some results of the theory of irreversible thermodynamics
are presented in the final chapters of this book.Herbert B. Callen. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 1959».Contents.