PHYS-460 Statistical Mechanics (3)

This course introduces thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. These are the areas of physics that provide general frameworks for understanding how the macroscopic behavior of matter and energy emerges from the microscopic properties of their fundamental constituents and degrees of freedom. Their reach extends well beyond the boundaries of physics, offering essential tools for understanding systems across astronomy, chemistry, biology, and engineering, and providing important mathematical and conceptual connections to machine learning and artificial intelligence. Crosslist: PHYS-660. Prerequisite: PHYS-351 and MATH-313.