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Thermal Physics (2nd Edition)
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 536.7
EAN: 9780716710882
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0716710889
Label: W. H. Freeman
Manufacturer: W. H. Freeman
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 496
Publication Date: January 15, 1980
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Studio: W. H. Freeman
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Rating:  - The book with no examples
This is the worst book I have ever purchased (and the Solid State Physics as well -also by Kittel). The books have no solved examples. I am using these books in my Solid State Physics class, and have to do very hard homework and exam problems, yet I have no examples in the books. This has been a nightmare. I do not recomend these books to anybody. I believe, even if you ask Kittel, he would not know how he derived half of his formulas.
Rating:  - Terrible Cohesiveness
In taking a second undergraduate course in thermodynamics, I had to suffer through this book on top of a terrible professor. The explanations are decent in and of themselves, but the book's cohesiveness (i.e. how it interlinks seemingly separate topics, as all physics texts should) is awful. For example, Ch. 8 on heat engines does not even attempt to make a connection with the simple systems exchanging heat or particles that were talked about previously. It just dives right in and leaves the reader ... Read More
Rating: - Possibly the worst physics book ever
This is quite possibly the worst physics book I have had to use during my entire undergraduate career (and it doesn't help that my professor is pretty bad also). I am on chapter 14 and I can safely say that I know nothing about statistical/thermal physics. Like many other reviewers have said, this book is simply an exercise in reading equations. Very few times does Kittel actually explain why or what he is doing. He doesn't group important information together and, even when there is an important equation, ... Read More
Rating:  - An old one
Huge content. Good book with extra information but dont deal with it if you are not taking the assigned course.
Rating: - Mediocre at best
I can't really say I'm a fan of this book. A good physics book has at least 1 of these qualities:
1: Nice balance of mathematical formalism and explanation of the physics (this almost never happens)
2: Enough explanation of the physics to make up for a lack of formalism (any Griffiths text for example)
3: Enough mathematical formalism to make up for a lack of explanation of the physics.
This book doesn't have ANY of these qualities. The only clear part of the book is the ... Read More
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