Statistical Mechanics

a portrait painting showing Scottish Botanist Robert Brown

Brownian motion was first observed by Scottish botanist Robert Brown, while examining pollen grains in water under a microscope (Image from Wikimedia Commons).

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5.72

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Spring 2012

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

This course discusses the principles and methods of statistical mechanics. Topics covered include classical and quantum statistics, grand ensembles, fluctuations, molecular distribution functions, other concepts in equilibrium statistical mechanics, and topics in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of irreversible processes.

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Jianshu Cao. 5.72 Statistical Mechanics. Spring 2012. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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