Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: An intermediate level course
A complete set of lecture notes for an upper-division thermodynamics and statistical
mechanics course. Topics covered include elementary probability theory, classical thermodynamics,
the thermodynamics of the atmosphere, heat engines, specific heat capacities of gases and
solids, the Maxwell velocity distribution, paramagnetism, black-body radiation and
the Stephan-Bolzmann law, conduction electrons in metals, and degeneracy pressure in white-dwarfs and neutron
stars.
The lecture notes are availible in three formats:
- [HTML]
- A fully hyperlinked HTML document.
- [PDF]
- A fully indexed and hyperlinked PDF file with embedded Type 1 fonts.
- [BOOK]
- A professionally-bound print-on-demand book.
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Richard Fitzpatrick
Last modified: Thu Nov 6 12:19:10 CST 2008