A comprehensive, best-selling introduction to the basics of engineering thermodynamics. Requiring only college-level physics and calculus, this popular book includes numerous illustrations and graphs to help students learn engineering concepts.

A tested and proven problem-solving methodology encourages readers to think systematically and develop an orderly approach to problem solving:

• Provides readers with a state-of-the art introduction to second law analysis.
• Design/open-ended problems provide readers with brief design experiences that offer them opportunities to apply constraints and consider alternatives.