Content:
Preface, Pages vii-x
Chapter 1 - Some philosophical aspects of scientific research, Pages 1-43
Chapter 2 - Miscellaneous features of thermal science, Pages 44-79
Chapter 3 - Fire as a philosophical and alchemical archetype, Pages 80-107
Chapter 4 - Concept of heat in the renaissance and new age, Pages 108-139
Chapter 5 - Understanding heat, temperature and gradients, Pages 140-167
Chapter 6 - Heat, entropy and information, Pages 168-203
Chapter 7 - Thermodynamics and thermostatics, Pages 204-229
Chapter 8 - Thermodynamics, econophysics, ecosystems and societal behavior, Pages 230-250
Chapter 9 - Thermal physics of process dynamics, Pages 251-275
Chapter 10 - Modeling the reaction mechanism: The use of euclidian and fractal geometry, Pages 276-317
Chapter 11 - Non-isothermal kinetic by thermal analysis, Pages 318-343
Chapter 12 - Thermometry and calorimetry, Pages 344-377
Chapter 13 - Thermophysical examination and temperature control, Pages 378-411
Afterword and acknowledgement, Pages 412-419
Literature, Pages 420-442
Index, Pages 443-452
Appendix, Pages 453-471
About the author, Page 472