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PHYSICS 301 Fall 2020 Thermodyamics and Statistical Physics Professor Michael Gold Lecture: M W F 12:00-12:50 Microsoft Teams Recitation: F 1300-1350 Microsoft Teams TA: Yu Chia Lin Office hours: By Appointment Slack channel CONTACT: Office PAIS 3218 LAB PAIS 3311 505 277 2693

schedule (including lecture notes, HW assignments and HW solutions)

Grading: Average of homework, two tests and a final.

HW: See schedule for assignments.: Homework will be collected and corrected by grader. Solutions will be posted. Late homework will be accepted only for extenuating circumstances.

Remote Classes with Microsoft Teams

what-is-microsoft-teams-and-how-do-i-use-it?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/teams

PHYSICS LINKS:

physical review letters
Physics Today
arxiv.org archive pre-publication articles

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

For computational assignments I suggest Python or MATLAB.
If you like an IDE, here is one that works with Python VScode.

TEXTS

REQUIRED:
Introduction to Thermal Physics, Daniel V. Schroeder

suggested #1
Thermal Physics: Ralph Baierlein

suggested #2
Statistical Physics, F. Reif (v.5 of Berkeley Physics Course)

suggested #3
Fundamentals of Statistical And Thermal Physics, F. Reif (more advanced version of previous)

Experimental Development
The Quest for Absolute Zero, K Mendelssohn (paperback)

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