Treatment of many body systems using classical and quantum statistics and ensembles to derive the laws of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. This course includes applications to the thermal properties of matter (solids, liquids and gases), photon, and phonon systems.; Prerequisite(s): PHYS H214 and either PHYS H213 or PHYS B306

Concepts in Thermal Physics, 2nd Ed., by Stephen J Blundell & Katherine M Blundell