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8.044 Statistical Physics I (MIT)

This course offers an introduction to probability, statistical mechanics, and thermodynamics. Numerous examples are used to illustrate a wide variety of physical phenomena such as magnetism, polyatomic gases, thermal radiation, electrons in solids, and noise in electronic devices.

Keywords:: random variables, First, electrons in solids, probability, thermodynamic equilibrium, microcanonical and canonical ensembles, second, noise in electronic devices, Probability and Statistics, thermodynamics, macroscopic variables, magnetism, polyatomic gases, ocwc, oec, joint and conditional probability densities, Physics, thermal radiation, Thermodynamics, functions of a random variable, and third laws of thermodynamics, fundamental assumption of statistical mechanics, statistical mechanics

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Mathematics and Statistics / Statistics and Probability

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 6, 2014
Date Modified in MERLOT:: August 6, 2014
Author:: Prof. Thomas Greytak
Submitter:: The Open Education Consortium
Primary Audience:: College General Ed
Technical Format:: Website

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Language:: English
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