▁and ▁that ▁precise ▁expressions ▁of ▁the ▁functions ▁appearing ▁in ▁a ▁fundamental ▁relation ▁should ▁be ▁determined ▁by ▁statistical ▁mechan ics ▁and ▁experiments , ▁not ▁therm od ynam ics . ▁Nevertheless , ▁Griff ith s ▁still ▁believed ▁this ▁book ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁excellent ▁resource ▁for ▁learning ▁the ▁bas ics ▁of ▁therm od ynam ics . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁L . C . ▁Scott , ▁who ▁studied ▁statistical ▁mechan ics ▁and ▁bi oph ys ics ▁at ▁Oklahoma ▁State ▁University , ▁Th erm od ynam ics ▁and ▁an ▁Introduction ▁to ▁Th erm ost at istics ▁is ▁a ▁popular ▁text book ▁that ▁begins ▁with ▁some ▁basic ▁post ul ates ▁based ▁on ▁intuit ive ▁classical , ▁empir ical , ▁and ▁macro scop ic ▁arguments . ▁He ▁found ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁remarkable ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁ed ifice ▁of ▁classical ▁therm od ynam ics ▁to ▁follow ▁from ▁just ▁a ▁few ▁basic ▁assumptions . ▁However , ▁Scott ▁preferred ▁the ▁discussion ▁of ▁temperature ▁in ▁He at ▁and ▁Th erm od ynam ics ▁by ▁Mark ▁W . ▁Z em ans ky ▁and ▁Richard ▁H . ▁D itt man ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁therm ometry ▁and ▁forces ▁students ▁to ▁cont em plate ▁the ▁empir ical ▁basis ▁of ▁concept ▁of ▁temperature , ▁leaving ▁aside ▁the ▁mole cular ▁basis ▁of ▁heat . ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁such ▁an ▁approach ▁yields ▁greater ▁appreci ation ▁for ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁temperature ▁and ▁its ▁statistical - me chan ical ▁basis ▁which ▁students ▁will ▁encounter ▁later . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁C allen ' s ▁book ▁does ▁not ▁mention ▁temperature ▁till ▁Chapter ▁