Thermodynamics
：A Dynamical Systems Approach
( Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics )
Publication subTitle ：A Dynamical Systems Approach
Publication series ：Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics
Author： Haddad Wassim M.;Chellaboina VijaySekhar;Nersesov Sergey G.
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2009
E-ISBN: 9781400826971
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691123271
Subject： O193 Introduction to Differential Dynamical System
Keyword： 机械、仪表工业
Language： ENG
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Description
This book places thermodynamics on a system-theoretic foundation so as to harmonize it with classical mechanics. Using the highest standards of exposition and rigor, the authors develop a novel formulation of thermodynamics that can be viewed as a moderate-sized system theory as compared to statistical thermodynamics. This middle-ground theory involves deterministic large-scale dynamical system models that bridge the gap between classical and statistical thermodynamics.
The authors' theory is motivated by the fact that a discipline as cardinal as thermodynamics--entrusted with some of the most perplexing secrets of our universe--demands far more than physical mathematics as its underpinning. Even though many great physicists, such as Archimedes, Newton, and Lagrange, have humbled us with their mathematically seamless eurekas over the centuries, this book suggests that a great many physicists and engineers who have developed the theory of thermodynamics seem to have forgotten that mathematics, when used rigorously, is the irrefutable pathway to truth.
This book uses system theoretic ideas to bring coherence, clarity, and precision to an extremely important and poorly understood classical area of science.
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