Physics 219, Spring 2007

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There is a change in quiz schedule. Because of the quantum midterm and holiday on Monday, quiz 7 on Friday May 25 will be moved to Wednesday May 30. Quiz 8 will be on Wednesday June 6.

Syllabus


Homework 1 for quiz 1 on 4/13/07

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quiz 1 and solutions


Homework 2 for quiz 2 on 4/20/07. See this discussion and demos for help in understanding some of these problems.

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quiz 2 and solutions


Homework 3 for quiz 3 on 4/27/07

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quiz 3 and solutions


Homework 4 for quiz 4 on 5/4/07

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Homework 5 for quiz 5 on 5/11/07 (modified 5/7/07)

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Homework 6 for quiz 6 on 5/18/07

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Homework 7 for quiz 7 on 5/30/07

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Homework 8 for quiz 8 on 6/6/07

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Homework 9

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Physics 219 final with solutions from 2004.


Additional resources:

Interactive mechanics simulations

Online stat mech textbook with simulations by Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik

Statistical mechanics of materials by Boris Veytsman and Michael Kotelyanskii.

Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexityby J. Sethna

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: An intermediate level course by Richard Fitzpatrick.

Statistical Mechanics by Daniel F Styer.

MIT graduate course in the statistical mechanics of particles.