Both types of exams will cover topics from lectures and problem sets rather than from readings. Problem sets will be distributed on each Friday, except for the Friday preceding the exams. I will not grade your homeworks in detail. When you do obtain outside help you must acknowledge it. The properties of matter in bulk.
Descriptive phase diagrams.
Principles of statistical mechanics. Probability, random numbers, games of chance. The microcanonical ensemble. Heat and work. Applications to fluids, to phase transitions, to chemical reactions, and to light.