Thermal Physics (Physics 3180)

Daniel V. Schroeder, Department of Physics, Weber State University

This web page contains links to Physics 3180 course material. Some of the links may not yet work, so check later for updates.

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• Course schedule (revised)
• General information
• Problem sets: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  (Solutions are posted on the WSU Online (Canvas) site.)
• Interactive Molecular Dynamics simulation
• List of keywords for tests
• Mathematica examples handout
• Request a home-use Mathematica license under WSU’s site license
• Final project guidelines
• Molecular Dynamics Exercises (some suitable for final projects)
• Online LaTeX equation editor (handy for making presentation slides)
• Sample manuscript and LaTeX tutorial (.zip archive)
• Many Tiny Things
• Entropic Time
• Entropy Explained, With Sheep
• What the Dalai Lama can teach us about temperatures below absolute zero
• Julia Child cooking a diamond in a vacuum oven
• Philip Morrison tells the story of Cecilia Payne and the recipe of the stars

Last modified on 16 March 2020.