Phys 4201.001

This is a course in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics in which the properties of materials are developed using a microscopic statistical point of view. In this couse, the basic definitions and concepts of statistical physics, temperature, entropy, free energy, partition function, grand partition function, etc., will be developed in-depth. Students are expected to be upper division physics majors, beginning graduate students in physics, or other physical sciences and engineering students.