For B.Sc. students as per UGC Model curriculum. In this edition, Exercises at the end of each chapter now contains questions asked by the

various Indian Universities upto summer 2009. Numerical Examples are also modified by incorporating the solved numerical problems

asked up to summer 2009, by various universities. A new chapter has been added 'Global Warming' at the

end of the present book as 18th chapter. Global warming is one of the most serious challenges

facing us today.

Table Of Contents: SECTION-I: KINETIC THEORY OF MATTER

SECTION-II: THERMODYNAMICS

SECTION-III: STATISTICAL PHYSICS

SECTION-IV: HEAT FLOW AND AIR CONDITIONING

APPENDIX-I: Physical constants

APPENDIX-II: Nobel Laureates

INDEX