SC/PHYS 3030
Statistical and Thermal Physics
2026–27 handbook
Topics
- Classical thermodynamics
- entropy and probability
- quantum states
- Boltzmann distributions
- partition functions
- kinetic theory
- transport
- Bose and Fermi gases
Readings
- Handbook reference(s): Concepts in Thermal Physics, Stephen J. Blundell and Katherine M. Blundell, second edition, Oxford University Press, 2010
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Department handbook course outline ↗2026–27 handbook
- Reference books in a department handbook; not a confirmed required-book list for a particular 2026–27 section.