Thermal Physics Fundamentals Tutorial

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Publish Date: 2000-12-01
Features: This book is the fourth volume of the "Fundamentals of Physics" series. The series is an 21st-century curriculum textbook approved by the Ministry of Education. This book focuses on explaining the basic laws of macroscopic thermal phenomena, discussing classical statistical physics and its fundamental concepts along with related application technologies. In terms of content selection, the book primarily follows the traditional "thermodynamics" approach but incorporates modern physics knowledge and recent advancements. The book includes five appendices and numerous thought-provoking problems, allowing readers to explore related background knowledge while experiencing the joy of connecting theory to practice, thinking critically, and solving problems. Chapters 3 and 4 introduce concepts of random phenomena and probability, as well as continuous random variables and probability density functions, providing essential mathematical foundations and preparing readers for subsequent courses such as "Optics" and "Atomic Physics." This book can serve as a foundational physics textbook for science and engineering students in comprehensive universities, as well as a teaching or self-study reference for physics teachers in other higher education institutions and secondary schools.