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Oxford Modern Thermodynamics for Chemists and Biochemists 2018 Edition by Dennis Sherwood, Paul Dalby
Thermodynamics is fundamental to university and college curricula in chemistry, physics, engineering and many life sciences around the world. It is also notoriously difficult for students to understand, learn and apply. What makes this book different, and special, is the clarity of the text. The writing style is fluid, natural and lucid, and everything is explained in a logical and transparent manner. Thermodynamics is a deep, and important, branch of science, andthis book does not make it "easy". But it does make it intelligible.This book introduces a new, 'Fourth Law' of Thermodynamics' based on the notion of Gibbs free energy, which underpins almost every application of thermodynamics and which the authors claim is worthy of recognition as a 'law'. The last four chapters bring thermodynamics into the twenty-first century, dealing with bioenergetics (how living systems capture and use free energy), macromolecule assembly (how proteins fold), and macromolecular aggregation (how, for example, virus capsids assemble).This is of great current relevance to students of biochemistry, biochemical engineering and pharmacy, and is covered in very few other texts on thermodynamics. The book also contains many novel and effective examples, such as the explanation of why friction is irreversible, the proof of thedepression of the freezing point, and the explanation of the biochemical standard state. Table of contents : - Part 1 - Fundamentals1: Systems and states2: Work and energy3: Temperature and heat4: Thermodynamics and mathematicsPart 2 - The Three Laws5: The First Law of Thermodynamics6: Enthalpy and thermochemistry7: Ideal gas processes - and some non-ideal ones too8: Spontaneous changes9: The Second Law of Thermodynamics10: Clausius, Kelvin, Planck, Caratheodory and Carnot11: Order, information and time12: The Third Law of ThermodynamicsPart 3 - Free energy, spontaneity and equilibrium13: Free energy14: Chemical equilibrium and chemical kineticsPart 4 - Chemical applications15: Phase equilibria16: Reactions in solution17: Acids, bases, and buffer solutions18: Boiling points and melting points19: Mixing and osmosis20: Electrochemistry21: Mathematical round-up22: From ideal to realPart 5 - Biochemical applications23: The biochemical standard state24: The bioenergetics of living cells25: Macromolecular conformations and interactions26: Thermodynamics today - and tomorrow