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About the Course

Course 1 first explores the basics of both macroscopic and microscopic thermodynamics from a postulatory point of view. In this view, the meaning of temperature, thermodynamic pressure and chemical potential are especially clear and easy to understand. In addition , the development of the Fundamental Relation and its various transformations leads to a clear path to property relations and to the concept of ensembles needed to understand the relationship between atomic and molecular structural properties and macroscopic properties. We then explore the relationship between atomic and molecular structure and macroscopic properties by taking a statistical point of view. Using a postulatory approach, the method for doing this is made clear. This leads to the development of the partition function which describes the distribution of molecular quantum states as a function of the independent, macroscopic thermodynamic properties....

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OD

Jul 23, 2022

Sublime Course with very good presentations , obviously requires basic understanding to go through the course , must do for a mechanical student if aiming for higher studies

PV

Apr 23, 2020

Very Much interesting and Problem solving is the challenging. Need some more references in solving Problems. Which will help the learners concentrate more.

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By Ma Y

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Oct 13, 2020

Assessment of this course should be harder.

By ORLANDO C R

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Oct 22, 2020

Great i would like more problem solving

By Divya M

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May 25, 2020

I find it very good.

By GOKULAPRIYAN

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Nov 20, 2024

Awesome

By Gopal D

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Nov 18, 2024

Awsome

By Andela P

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Jan 19, 2022

Slides don't offer enough content to do the assignments. In the first course there is a peer graded assignments that takes weeks to get a review which means more money you need to pay just to get the assignment graded (robbery).

By Gopika M M

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May 21, 2020

The course needs to provide some reference material for problem solving since the quizzes and discussion problems are majorly assignment based.

By Vladimir R P B

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Aug 20, 2020

I found the course very interesting, but quite confusing at times. Having some solved problems would help a lot.

By Peter M P F

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Jan 27, 2022

Not much examples or derivations to show where equations come from and how they are applied to problem sovling.

By Allan J G V

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Apr 27, 2020

Most of the time I felt I was being evaluated in aspects that didn't come in the material.

By Aldo G L

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May 18, 2021

There is not enough feedback and it is excessively short on explanations.

By Karan P

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Sep 4, 2020

More detail can be added as more part to interpret is left to students.

By BODDU H

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Jun 27, 2020

explanation part is good and there are some issues with quiz

By Leonel G

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Jul 13, 2020

The statistical part lacks of development

By Arvin M Y

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Jun 11, 2020

It takes 2 days for grading peer to peer assignment!

By VIGNESH

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Nov 16, 2024

good

By Tyler S N

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May 12, 2024

Absolutely awful course. None of the videos teach anything in the assessments. The professor mispronounces many basic words. I feel so bad for any students that took him in person at UC Boulder. Just awful all the way around.

By suchit n

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Mar 6, 2022

Not upto the mark. The content and the corresponding exercises are not well organized.