Modern engineering research focuses on designing new materials and processes at the molecular level. Statistical thermodynamics provides the formalism for understanding how molecular interactions lead to the observed collective behavior at the macroscale.
Statistical Thermodynamics: Molecules to Machines
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Statistical Thermodynamics: Molecules to Machines
Instructor: Venkat Viswanathan
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