Physics 314
Thermal Physics
Fall, 2014
Bard College
- Instructor: Hal Haggard
- Office: 112 Rose
- Office Hours: W 1:45-2:45pm & F 4-5pm
- Email: haggard "usual at" bard.edu
- Phone: +1-845-758-7302
- Class Meeting: 201 Hegeman
- Time: MW 3-5pm
- Text: F. Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics Waveland Press (2009)
- Recommended Text: D. V. Schroeder, Thermal Physics Addison-Wesley (2000)
Organization and Logistics
A full syllabus can be downloaded here.
This includes a tentative list of topics and schedule.
Exam Schedule:
- Take home 1, Due October 15th, 6pm.
- Take home 2, Due December 17th, 5pm.
Course Grade:
The grade for this course will be based on your homework and two take home exams. The break down is,
- Weekly Homework (due on Fridays) 60%
- Take home 1 20%
- Take home 2 20%
The course web site
(this site) will be used to post homework assignments and any other useful materials.
Homework
assignments
- Reading, Chap 1 in Reif.
- Homework 1, due Friday, September 5th at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chap 2 in Reif.
- Homework 2, due Friday, September 12th at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chap 3 in Reif.
- Homework 3, due Friday, September 19th at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chaps 3 and 4 in Reif.
- Homework 4, due Friday, September 26th at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chaps 4 and 5 in Reif.
- Homework 5, due Friday, October 3rd at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chaps 5 and 6 in Reif.
- Homework 6, due Friday, October 10th at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chap 6 in Reif.
- Homework 7, due Friday, October 24th at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chaps 6 & 7 in Reif.
- Homework 8, due Friday, October 31st at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chap 7 in Reif.
- Homework 9, due Friday, November 7th at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chap 8 in Reif.
- Homework 10, due Friday, November 14th at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chap 9 in Reif.
- Homework 11, due Friday, November 21st at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chap 9 in Reif.
- Homework 12, due Thursday, December 4th at 6pm: pdf.
- Reading, Chap 9 in Reif.
- Homework 13, due Thursday, December 11th at 6pm: pdf.
Lecture notes are
my handwritten notes that I prepare for
lecture. I don't guarantee that they will be identical to what is
presented in class, but they should be pretty close usually. The notes also include things that I wasn't able to cover in the lecture. When I wasn't able to cover everything that I hoped to, the next day's lecture notes have significant overlap with the previous day's.
Supplemental Notes