Statistical Physics Course
Gain mastery in statistical physics essentials like ensembles, partition functions, Maxwell-Boltzmann speeds, and entropy. Link microscopic behaviour to thermodynamic principles, boosting your skills to model gases and materials effectively in professional physics roles. This course builds practical know-how for everyday analysis and model validation.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Statistical Physics Course offers a focused, hands-on route from basic ensembles to practical applications. Cover microcanonical and canonical methods, partition functions, entropy, and temperature. Then link to kinetic theory, Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions, and checks like mean free path, collision times, and thermal speeds. Build confidence in data interpretation and model testing for your work.
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Develop skills
- Perform quick order-of-magnitude estimates for gases and check classical assumptions.
- Calculate Maxwell-Boltzmann speed distributions and find main thermal speeds.
- Construct microcanonical and canonical ensembles and derive key thermodynamic laws.
- Apply partition functions to get internal energy, free energy, entropy, and pressure for real many-particle systems.
- Explain temperature and entropy from a microscopic view, connecting dynamics to the second law.
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