Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics

Intermediate Physics by Brennon Shanks. 15 lectures, 9.2 hours. Covers: thermodynamics entropy heat engines statistical mechanics temperature.

Lectures

  1. Lecture 1: A High Level View of Molecular Simulations · 47 min
  2. Lecture 2: Newton’s Equation of Motion, Work, Potential and Kinetic Energy · 49 min
  3. Lecture 3: The Velocity-Verlet Method · 28 min
  4. Lecture 4: Hamiltons Principle and Lagrangian Mechanics · 39 min
  5. Lecture 5: Conservation Laws in Classical Mechanics · 29 min
  6. Lecture 6: Hamilton’s Equations of Motion · 39 min
  7. Lecture 7: A Postulate Approach to Thermodynamics · 43 min
  8. Lecture 8: Fundamental Relations, Equations of State, and Deriving the Gibbs-Duhem Relation · 37 min
  9. Lecture 9: Free Energies as Legendre Transforms of Internal Energy · 42 min
  10. Lecture 10: Thermodynamic Derivatives with Jacobian Transformations · 21 min
  11. Lecture 11: Phase Space and Statistical Ensembles · 45 min
  12. Lecture 12: Louiville’s Theorem and the Canonical Ensemble · 57 min
  13. Lecture 13: Physical Motivation for the Canonical Ensemble · 16 min
  14. Lecture 14: The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution and Equipartition Theorem · 28 min
  15. Lecture 15: Quantum Corrections to Statistical Ensembles · 34 min

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