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.

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.

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.

The Dissertation work entitled "Human Resource Management in Degree College Libraries of Lucknow: A study" helps to improve the library Human Resource Management. HRM is a major subsystem of the entire organisation as well as Libraries. Today the library and their information system are the complex organisation committed to serve the users demands. Libraries have growth in times in social, cultural, scientific and technological environments in which they have been developing and operating. Modern libraries are not merely meeting house of information and knowledge to the society.This study deals with the various aspects of management which emphasis on the Human resource management. The management of library staff is itself an important task. All staff should have a clear understanding of the policy of the library service, well- defined duties and responsibilities, properly regulated conditions of employment and salaries that are competitive with other similar jobs.

It is the basic inherited feature of human beings to aspire for knowledge and all human beings are born philosophers, as every one of us has our own perspective to look upon the Truth. A system or a particular feature of any system, when seen from the perspective of philosophy, appears different from different angles and therefore philosophers have varying opinions for a same truth. This leads to disparity in approach of comprehending the true nature of the system. When a certain system is examined through science, its non-uniformity ceases and only the true nature, the heart of the truth, is seen and understood. Thus science, through its systematic and vivid approach towards the subject of study, produces the highest order of refinement to bring out the finest form. This beauty of science is used in this book to explain the intricate philosophy of Truth, Knowledge, Beauty, etc. along with significant features of Indian philosophy such as the concept of Supreme Brahman and a Human being. The book will be useful to the aspirer of Truth as well as to those who love to understand Philosophy in the easiest and most comprehensive way.