This textbook presents the fundamental concepts and theories in thermal physics and elementary statistical mechanics in a very simple, systematic and comprehensive way. This book is written in a way that it presents the topics in a holistic manner with end-of-chapter exercises and examples where concepts are supported by numerous solved examples and multiple-choice questions to aid self-learning. The textbook also contains illustrated diagrams for better understanding of the concepts. The book will benefit students who are taking introductory courses in thermal physics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.

Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Crop Productivity and Water examines the greenhouse gas emissions and their warming effect, climate change projections, crop productivity and water. The book explores the most important greenhouse gases that influence the climate system, technical terms associated with climate projections, and the different mechanisms impacting crop productivity and water balance. Adaptive and mitigative strategies are proposed to cope with negative effects of climate change in particular domains. This book will help researchers interested in climate change impacts on the atmosphere, soil and plants.

This book constitutes selected and revised papers of the First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Computing for Smart City, AIS2C2 2021, held in Greater Noida, India, in March 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. The 17 full papers and 3 short papers included were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 204 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: sentimental and emotions analysis for smart cities; smart specialization strategies for smart cities; security in smart cities; advances applications for future smart cities; healthcare in smart cities; machine learning applications in smart cities.