Modern Physics: The Theoretical Minimum - Statistical Mechanics

Modern Physics: The Theoretical Minimum - Statistical Mechanics

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This course is comprised of a six-quarter sequence of classes that will explore the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics. The topics covered in this course sequence will include classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, the general and special theories of relativity, electromagnetism, c…

Stanford Continuing Studies Program


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    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 10 (June 1, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2009 103:38


    Leonard Susskind presents the final lecture of Statistical Mechanics 10. In this lecture, he cover such topics as inflation, adiabatic transformation and thermal dynamic systems. (June 1, 2009)

    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 9 (May 25, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2009 92:31


    Leonard Susskind picks up on magnets, phase transitions, and mean field transitions. He goes on to explain chemical potential. (May 25, 2009)

    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 8 (May 18, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2009 97:31


    Leonard Susskind lectures on a new class of systems, magnetic systems. He goes on to talk about mean field approximations of molecules in multidimensional lattice systems. (May 18, 2009)

    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 7 (May 11, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2009 99:54


    Leonard Susskind lectures on harmonic oscillators, quantum states, boxes of radiation and all associated computations such as wavelengths, volume, energy and temperature. (May 11, 2009)

    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 5 (April 27, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 107:43


    Leonard Susskind discusses the basic physics of the diatomic molecule and why you don't have to worry about its structure at low temperature. Susskind later explores a black hole thermodynamics. (April 27, 2009)

    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 6 (May 4, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2009 72:57


    Leonard Susskind explains the second law of thermodynamics, illustrates chaos, and discusses how the volume of phase space grows. (May 4, 2009)

    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 4 (April 20, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2009 95:46


    Leonard Susskind explains how to calculate and define pressure, explores the formulas some of applications of Helm-Holtz free energy, and discusses the importance of the partition function. (April 20, 2009)

    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 3 (April 13, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2009 115:49


    Leonard Susskind reviews the Lagrange multiplier, explains Boltzmann distribution and Helm-Holtz free energy before oulining into the theory of fluctuations. (April 13, 2009)

    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 2 (April 6, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2009 46:48


    Leonard Susskind overviews elementary mathematics to define a method for understanding statistical mechanics. (April 6, 2009)

    Statistical Mechanics Lecture 1 (March 30, 2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2009 120:51


    Leonard Susskind discusses the study of statistical analysis as calculating the probability of things subject to the constraints of a conserved quantity. (March 30, 2009)

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