If you omit the rest of Chapter 5,all of Chapter 4, and Section 1.7, you may be able to make time for allof Chapters 7 and 8. The catch is that you need to come back and pick up most ofSections 5.1 and 5.2 sometime before Section 6.5.
On the other hand, if the main emphasis of your course is on statistical mechanics, you can go straightfrom Chapter 3 to Chapter 6. If there's a bit more time, you couldcover the beginning of Chapter 7, or jump straight to Section 7.4 on blackbodyradiation (possibly followed by 7.5 on Debye theory), or cover eithersection of Chapter 8. This selection of topics would emphasize applications to chemistry,earth science, and everyday life. I've never tried this, butI think that in one semester you would probably have to stop at the end of Chapter 6. This choice of topicsgives somewhat more emphasis to statistical mechanics applications than tothermodynamics.Ī very different option would be to start at the beginning of the book and workyour way through, stopping when you run out of time. Here at Weber State University, my one-semester course omits Sections 1.7, 4.3, 4.4, 5.4-5.6, the Sommerfeldexpansion from Section 7.3, and all of Chapter 8. You have many choices for what tocover and what to omit, but here are a few suggestions. Suggestions for Course Plans Ideas for a One-Semester CourseĪs noted in the Preface,the book is too long for a one-semester course. Schroeder, Department of Physics, Weber State University Thermal Physics Course Plans AnIntroduction to Thermal Physicsĭaniel V.
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