"Version: 20180201"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.1. Introduction -- 2. Thermal properties of materials and temperature measurement -- 2.1. Temperature and heat -- 2.2. Thermal equilibrium -- 2.3. Absolute temperature scale -- 2.4. Thermal expansion3. Heat transfer through conduction, convection, and radiation -- 3.1. Heat c…