Thermal and Statistical Physics Thermal and Statistical Physics Purdue University Phys 416 Author: Prof. Carlson Physics 416 Thermal and Statistical Physics Purdue University Textbook: Thermal Physics by Kittel and Kroemer Lectures follow the text fairly closely, so if you're joining us from iTunes, you might enjoy having a copy handy. Be a guest on this podcast Language: en-us Genres: Courses, Education, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Get all podcast data

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Lecture 1: Accessible States
Monday, 21 August, 2006

It's a new year, with new lectures. Today is an introduction to Thermal and Statistical Physics. We do a lightning-fast review of quantum mechanics, aided by the excellent program Atom in a Box available at www.daugerresearch.com. We also discuss the fundamental assumption of statistical mechanics. Although statistical mechanics is based on probabilities about processes on very small (atomic) scales, we can still make firm predictions about large-scale behavior. This works for the same reason that casinos make money: the statistics of large numbers becomes deterministic. Lecture Audio

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