Lecture Playlist
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Conservation of information, energy, entropy, and temperature
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The mathematics of statistical mechanics
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The Boltzman distribution and fluctuations
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Helmholtz free energy and the partition function
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Diatomic molecules and black hole thermodynamics
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Second law of thermodynamics
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Harmonic oscillators and quantum states
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Magnets
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Phase transitions and chemical potential
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Thermal radiation and inflation
April 20, 2009
Leonard Susskind explains how to calculate and define pressure, explores the formulas some of applications of Helmholtz free energy, and discusses the importance of the partition function.