Course RSS FeedsPHYS41600 (PHYS416) Fall 2012
Thermal and Statistical Physics (Honors)
Offering:
Fall, Class 4, cr. 4
Prerequisites:
Admission by special permission
Description:
Thermal equililbrium, first, second and third laws of thermodynamics. Entropy. Statistical concepts of thermal physics. Microcanonical and canonical ensembles. Classical and quantum ideal gases. Chemical reactions, phase equilibria and critical phenomena.
Textbook(s) for Fall 2012
| Course | Title | Author | Edition | ISBN | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYS416 | Thermal Physics | Charles Kittel | 2nd (March 1980) | 0716710889 | W.H. Freeman |