The Theory of Heat Radiation - by Max Planck (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

PART I FUNDAMENTAL FACTS AND DEFINITIONS

I. General Introduction

II. Radiation at Thermodynamic Equilibrium. Kirchhoff's Law

Black Radiation

PART II DEDUCTIONS FROM ELECTRODYNAMICS AND THERMODYNAMICS

I. Maxwell's Radiation Pressure

II. Stefan-Boltzmann Law of Radiation

III. Wien's Displacement Law

IV. Radiation of Any Arbitrary Spectral Distribution of Energy. Entropy and Temperature of Monochromatic Radiation

V. Electrodynamical Processes in a Stationary Field of Radiation

PART III ENTROPY AND PROBABILITY

I. Fundamental Definitions and Laws. Hypothesis of Quanta

II. Ideal Monatomic Gases

III. Ideal Linear Oscillators

IV. Direct Calculation of the Entropy in The Case of Thermodynamic Equilibrium

PART IV A SYSTEM OF OSCILLATORS IN A STATIONARY FIELD OF RADIATION

I. The Elementary Dynamical Law for The Vibrations of an Ideal Oscillator. Hypothesis of Emission of Quanta

II. Absorbed Energy

III. Emitted Energy. Stationary State

IV. The Law of the Normal Distribution Of Energy. Elementary Quanta Of Matter and Electricity

PART V IRREVERSIBLE RADIATION PROCESSES

I. Fields of Radiation in General

II. One Oscillator in the Field of Radiation

III. A System of Oscillators

IV. Conservation of Energy and Increase Of Entropy. Conclusion