Yang Xian

Thermal and Statistical Physics (PHYS20352)
(2012/2013)

More materials will be added during the Semester

Overview of the course and its BlueBook syllabus

• Chapter 1 (lecture 1-4)
  First law of thermodynamics
  Summary
• Chapter 2 (lecture 5-12)
  Second law of thermodynamics
  Summary
• Chapter 3 (lecture 13-15)
  Statistical theory of thermodynamics
  Summary
• Chapter 4 (lecture 16-22)
  Statistical physics of non-isolated systems
  Summary
• Revision (lecture 23)

Example Sheets:

One (due week 2),
Two (due week 3),
Three (due week 4),
Four (due week 5),
Five (due week 6),
Six (due week 7),
Seven (due week 8),
Eight (due week 9),
Nine (due week 10),
Ten (due week 11),
Eleven (due week 12)

Solutions:

Web resources

• University of Manchester Blackboard has discussion boards and other materials for the course.
• Wikipedia can be useful

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