Müller Ingo. Thermodynamics

Pitman, 1985. — 521 p.Nowadays it is possible to teach and learn thermodynamics in a deductive manner: Once the general equations of irreversible thermodynamics are laid down, the specific field equations for density, motion and temperature follow by the exploitation of universal physical principles and by the restriction to a particular class of materials. The classical relations of thermostatics follow for equilibrium.
This deductive procedure is most clearly described in Chapter 1 and it is reflected over and over again in Chapters 6-13, each one of which is concerned with a different class of materials. Chapters 2-5 derive or motivate the general principles of thermodynamics and in some cases they point out their limitations.
The book has grown out of many years of teaching thermodynamics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, as well as at the Universities of
Dusseldorf, Paderborn and Berlin. Students and colleagues have contributed to it by making suggestions and giving advice, and their encouragement is gratefully acknowledged here.