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IN this book, the author has brought together in one volume the two parts of his introduction to thermodynamics, which were formerly published separately. The first part gives a straightforward and elementary account of the first and second laws, and their application, with the emphasis towards electrochemistry. The second part, which is considerably more advanced, deals with the more important thermodynamic functions and the third law, and their applications. 'This part has been revised and brought up to date, and a good deal of new material added. The revision could, with advantage, have been extended to Part 1 ; even the youngest student may, in this atomic age, raise his eyebrows at the statement on p. 4 that “According to some modern physical theories, matter and energy are interconvertible. If this were substantiated, the Conservation of Energy would be replaced by a wider principle of the Conservation of Mass Energy.” There might also, with advantage, have been a closer synthesis of the text of the two parts.
Chemical Thermodynamics
By Dr. J. A. V. Butler. Fourth edition. Pp.xvi + 570. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1946.) 12s. 6d.
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BOWDEN, F. Chemical Thermodynamics. Nature 159, 114 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159114c0
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