Heat, work and entropy from the macroscopic laws of thermodynamics down to the microscopic counting of states — the partition function, distributions and phase transitions.

This subject course follows the topic vertically, across the years it spans. The lessons are still being written — each is shown as a placeholder.

Year 1 — Thermal Physics I

1. Temperature and the Zeroth Law
2. Heat, Work and the First Law
3. Kinetic Theory and Equipartition
4. Heat Engines and Efficiency
5. The Second Law and Entropy

Year 2 — Statistical Mechanics

1. Microstates, Macrostates and Entropy
2. The Boltzmann Distribution
3. The Partition Function
4. The Maxwell–Boltzmann Distribution
5. Ideal Quantum Gases: An Introduction
6. Thermodynamic Potentials
7. Phase Transitions: An Introduction