Conservation of information, energy, entropy, and temperature

Statistical Mechanics (Spring, 2009)

Lecture Playlist

  1. Conservation of information, energy, entropy, and temperature

  2. The mathematics of statistical mechanics

  3. The Boltzman distribution and fluctuations

  4. Helmholtz free energy and the partition function

  5. Diatomic molecules and black hole thermodynamics

  6. Second law of thermodynamics

  7. Harmonic oscillators and quantum states

  8. Magnets

  9. Phase transitions and chemical potential

  10. Thermal radiation and inflation

March 30, 2009

Leonard Susskind discusses the study of statistical analysis as calculating the probability of things subject to the constraints of a conserved quantity. Susskind introduces energy, entropy, temperature, and phase states as they relate directly to statistical mechanics.