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STUDENTS OF PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND ENGINEERING ARE TAUGHT CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS THROUGH ITS METHODS_A "PROBLEMS FIRST" APPROACH THAT NEGLECTS THE SUBJECT'S CONCEPTS AND INTELLECTUAL STRUCTURE. IN THERMODYNAMIC WEIRDNESS, DON LEMONS FILLS THIS GAP, OFFERING A NONMATHEMATICAL ACCOUNT OF THE IDEAS OF CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS IN ALL ITS NON-NEWTONIAN "WEIRDNESS." BY EMPHASIZING THE IDEAS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ONE ANOTHER, LEMONS REVEALS THE SIMPLICITY AND COHERENCE OF CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS.