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Carrington, Cedric Gerald was born on October 16, 1943 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Son of Cedric Percy and Edith Florence (Willet) Carrington.
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It is well known that thermodynamics presents students with particular difficulties. They find the concepts evasive and the methods obscure. These problems arise because it is traditional to emphasize at the outset how general thermodynamics is. Unfortunately, when ideas are introduced in an unspecific context they fail to make contact with the student's experience - such ideas do not become part of the physical intuition of the student. In this introductory text the subject is developed in stages beginning with the basic notions, which are illustrated using an ideal gas as a model system. The generalization of these concepts is achieved first using the classical laws of thermodynamics and second using the formalism of Gibbs to provide a systematic introduction to the thermodynamic potentials. Work processes on polarizable media subject to electric and magnetic fields are discussed and transformations of matter, including phase change processes and chemical reactions, are treated in detail. The book contains many worked examples, and approximately 250 questions, which are keyed to the text. The questions include traditional and applied topics, and longer questions have been programmed to guide the student.
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Carrington, Cedric Gerald was born on October 16, 1943 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Son of Cedric Percy and Edith Florence (Willet) Carrington.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1966. Master of Science, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, England, 1971.
Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1972.
Junior research fellow Merton College, Oxford, 1970-1972. Research associate JILA, University Colorado, Boulder, 1972-1973. Lecturer, senior lecturer, associate professor engineering physics University Otago, 1973-1999, professor physics, since 1999, director applied science program, 2000—2005, head department physics, 2003—2007.
Consultant Carrier Airconditioning Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand, 1984-1988, 95—, Energy Group Ltd., Dunedin, 1989—2002. Member advisory panel New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, Wellington, New Zealand, 1993-2000.
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Fellow Institution Professional Engineers New Zealand, Royal Society New Zealand, Institute of Refrigerating, Heating, Air Conditioning Engineers of New Zealand. Member American Society of Heating, International Institute Refrigeration (vice president commission E2 1995—2003, B2 2004-2008).
Married Janet Michal Melville, August 7, 1967. Children: Ann Michelle, Sonya Jane, Richard Melville.