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This undergraduate course in Statistical Physics features lecture notes, problem sets with solutions, plus exams and practice exams with solutions. Course topics include probability, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics; random variables, joint and conditional probability densities, and functions of a random variable; concepts of macroscopic variables and thermodynamic equilibrium, fundamental assumption of statistical mechanics, microcanonical and canonical ensembles; and first, second, and third laws of thermodynamics. Examples illustrate a wide variety of physical phenomena such as magnetism, polyatomic gases, thermal radiation, electrons in solids, and noise in electronic devices.
Date Issued 2003
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Date Of Record Creation 2005-05-10 11:59:02
Date Of Record Release 2005-05-10 10:26:24
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Author's Name Thomas Greytak
Author's Organization Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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