Transcription of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
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Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsRichard FitzpatrickProfessor of PhysicsThe University of Texas at AustinContents1 Why Study Thermodynamics ?.. AtomicTheoryofMatter .. What is Thermodynamics ? .. Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics .. 112 Probability Introduction .. What is Probability? .. Combining Probabilities .. Two-StateSystem .. CombinatorialAnalysis .. Binomial Probability Distribution .. Mean,Variance,andStandardDeviation .. Application to Binomial Probability Distribution .. Gaussian Probability Distribution .. CentralLimitTheorem .. 263 Statistical Introduction .. Principle of Equal A Priori Probabilities .. Reversibility and Probability Calculations .. 394 Heat and MacrostatesandMicrostates .. Exact and Inexact Differentials .. 515 Statistical Introduction .. ThermalInteractionBetweenMacrosystems.
that governed the system under investigation. For instance, Newton’s equations of motion, or Maxwell’s equations for electromagnetic fields. We can then analyze the system by solving these equations, either exactly or approximately. In thermodynamics,we have no problem formulatingthe governingequations. The motionsof
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