Wallace and the Malay ArchipelagoWallace and the Malay Archipelago

Wallace and the Malay ArchipelagoWallace and the Malay Archipelago

Darwin and Kelvin: The Age of the EarthDarwin and Kelvin: The Age of the Earth

Energy Unleashed in Southeast AsiaEnergy Unleashed in Southeast Asia

Energy Unleashed in Southeast AsiaEnergy Unleashed in Southeast Asia

Aph 105cAph 105c

Lecture 1: The Course in PerspectiveLecture 1: The Course in Perspective

(Bodenschatz et al.)

Theme 1: Information Theory Approach toTheme 1: Information Theory Approach toStatistical MechanicsStatistical Mechanics

Edwin Jaynes Claude Shannon

Theme 2: Applications of Statistical Theme 2: Applications of Statistical Mechanics - Chemical PotentialMechanics - Chemical Potential

Entropic forces - depletion attraction

Adsorption on surfaces

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Theme 3: InterfacesTheme 3: Interfaces

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Bhadesia - AlLi Alloy

Theme 4: Putting the Dynamics Back in Theme 4: Putting the Dynamics Back in ThermodynamicsThermodynamics

The Virtue of Multiple Formulations ofThe Virtue of Multiple Formulations ofThe Same ProblemThe Same Problem

"Theories of the known, which are described by different physical ideas may be equivalent in all their predictions and are hence scientificallyindistinguishable. However, they are not psychologically identicalwhen trying to move from that base into the unknown. For differentviews suggest different kinds of modifications which might be madeand hence are not equivalent in the hypotheses one generates fromthem in ones attempt to understand what is not yet understood."