Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 8.333 (Fall 2007) 
• Course Title:
• Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Physics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Mehran Kardar 
• Course Introduction:
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  8.333 Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  8.333 Statistical Mechanics I: Statistical Mechanics of Particles
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2007

  
  
  

  

  Equilibrium in statistical mechanics: systems exchanging energy are most likely to have individual energies that maximize the overall number of states. (Image by Prof. Mehran Kardar.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  Statistical Mechanics is a probabilistic approach to equilibrium properties of large numbers of degrees of freedom. In this two-semester course, basic principles are examined. Topics include: thermodynamics, probability theory, kinetic theory, classical statistical mechanics, interacting systems, quantum statistical mechanics, and identical particles.