Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Summer Quarter 2008
• Autumn Quarter 2008

Samuel C Fain
PHYS 224
Seattle Campus

Thermal Physics

Introduction to heat, thermodynamics, elementary kinetic theory, and the physics of continuous media. Prerequisite: MATH 126, MATH 129, or MATH 136, any of which may be taken concurrently; PHYS 122 which may be taken concurrently. Offered: AWSpS.

Class description

This course will not include any physics of continuous media, but will include an introduction to statistical mechanics. This is last time the course can be taken concurrently with Physics 122, as starting in Winter 2009 a few week introduction to heat and thermodynamics will be part of Physics 122. See webpage linked below.

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