Anyone know good Thermodynamics books?

[Curl]

I"m looking for some good books on thermodynamics.

I want one on engines and refrigerators with a lot of content and a lot of cycles analyzed; a deep book. I want an advanced text.

Also I want one on statistical mechanics, focusing on such issues as information/entropy, entropy of photons, Maxwell's Daemon, etc. Basically the non-classical topics.

I want books with genius and a different way of looking at things, something unique rather than the usual treatment that 99% of books have.

I have a book by Schroeder which is very good but too concise. I want more.

Please recommend.

 

[Andy Resnick]

I've been thinking about this one for a while- you are asking for a lot.

Rather than specific topics, I'll suggest books that meet your third criterion:

"I want books with genius and a different way of looking at things, something unique rather than the usual treatment that 99% of books have."

I have a biased view, but I devour anything by E. T. Jaynes, W. Zurek, and C. Truesdell. Kurzynski's "The Thermodynamic Machinery of Life" is also good, and covers a lot of 'nonstandard' topics.

 

[naele]

I just want to point out that Schroeder leaves a lot to exercises so if you're not doing them you're missing out on a lot of development.