Free Online Textbooks

Need more help with thermodynamics? We found two online textbooks that are entirely free!

 

Thermodynamics and Chemistry by Howard DeVoe

This book, from Associate Professor Emeritus Howard DeVoe of the University of Maryland, is a complete online classical thermodynamics textbook. The entire book can be downloaded in PDF form or an e-book version. Find the textbook here. This book provides further reading on entropy and the second law, reversibility, factors that affect reaction equilibrium and rate, and internal energy and enthalpy.

 

DOE Fundamentals Handbook: Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Flow

Developed for US Department of Energy nuclear facility personnel, this handbook provides a basic overview of thermodynamics. It is available in PDF form here. (Note, this is Module 1: Thermodynamics. Module 2: Heat Transfer is available here and Module 3: Fluid Flow can be found here.) This handbook provides further information on entropy and the second law, reversibility, and internal energy and enthalpy.