Atmospheric Thermodynamics 1st Edition by Craig F. Bohren (PDF)

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This comprehensive text is based on the authors’ course notes, refined and updated over 15 years of teaching. The core of the text focuses on water and its transformations. Four chapters lay the foundation, from energy conservation to the ideal gas law, specific heat capacities, adiabatic processes, and entropy. An extensive chapter treats phase transitions of water, and a lengthy discussion of the van der Waals equation sets the stage for phase diagrams. Free energy is applied to determining the effect of dissolved substances, total pressure, and size on vapor pressure. The chapter on moist air and clouds discusses wet-bulb and virtual temperatures, isentropic ascent of saturated air, thermodynamic diagrams, stability, and cloud formation. The final chapter covers energy, momentum, and mass transfer, topics not usually considered part of thermodynamics. Measurements are included and experiments and observations are suggested, all with the aim of breathing life into equations.The authors are careful to recognize and unafraid to criticize the treatments of thermodynamics that have been unchanged for more than a hundred years.Atmospheric Thermodynamics contains over 200 exercises, mostly applications of basic principles to concrete problems. Often inspired by inquisitive students and colleagues, the exercises cover everything from automobiles and airplanes to baseball, wind turbines, and ground hogs. The authors weave history into the text by drawing on original writings rather than using textbook anecdotes, and molecular interpretations are given wherever possible. Assumptions and approximations are carefully laid out, derivations are detailed, and equations are interpreted physically and applied. No previous knowledge of thermodynamics or kinetic theory is assumed, although students are expected to be well-grounded in calculus, differential equations, vector analysis, and classical mechanics.

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: Review “I’ve never been more excited about a book! I couldn’t put it down. It’s about time somebody wrote an understandable and intuitive book about thermodynamics. Bohren and Albrechts’ book is really a breath of fresh air!” –Glenn E. Shaw, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska About the Author Craig F. Bohren and Bruce A. Albrecht are both at Pennsylvania State University.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐This is a very unusual book on thermodynamics. It is very good reading and can be usefull if you know thermodynamics. Otherwise it is dangerous.The authors hate a lot of things. Among then differentials , which they claim”are a swindle”.The authors probably are not aware of Abrahan Robinson work on Non Standard Analysis.However to divide every differential by dt and claim that with this time enters in thermodynamics is wrong in my opinion. Thermodynamics considers reversible transformations which of course can only be approximated , usually (but not allways)by very slow transformations. There are other erors in the book , which however can be VERY usefull if you already know thermodynamics. Please be carefull

⭐It is a nice starting book for beginners to skim throughout Atmospheric Thermodynamics and learn fundamentals. Bohren kindly explained concepts in details, and this book includes a lot of interesting problems. Some parts seem to be a bit lengthy, but still It reads very well. Definitely a recommendable book.

⭐Fantastic fun to read and great resource for atmospheric thermo. Don’t pay attention to the haters. – Mech E that models atmospheric thermodynamics

⭐Book is as described, No issues

⭐The book was in the condition listed in the original description, and it arrived in time for the beginning of my school quarter.

⭐Great text at a great price

⭐Pages and pages of discussing the unimportance of using the differentials in Thermodynamics, and some other concepts that are really useless and nobody discusses anymore.

⭐Best atmosphere thermodynamics book I have paged through. Full of physics and bits of valuable information about basic concepts.

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