Ebook: Changes in the teaching of thermodynamics

Article / Physics Education, 1968, Vol. 3, No 4, p. 202–204.Radical changes in the teaching of thermodynamics have taken place in the past few years, notably in the United States. At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology the course for engineering students has been revised by Professors Keenan and Hatsopoulos and descriptions of the new material, including how to teach it, were given in special summer courses at M.I.T. in 1964 and 1965. These courses were repeated at University College London and a brief description is given here of the major changes involved in this extension of classical thermodynamics.