This course covers the principles and methods of equilibrium statistical mechanics for applications to chemical physics problems. The lectures will be divided into three parts: 1/3 on a review of thermodynamics principles, 1/3 on the concepts of ensemble theory and thermodynamic fluctuations, and the last 1/3 with applications to chemical systems.

Planned topics: laws of thermodynamics, thermal equilibrium and temperature, ensemble theory, entropy, non-interacting systems, Monte Carlo method, Ising models, chemical equilibrium, imperfect gases, classical liquids, ionic and non-ionic solutions, polymer and protein conformations, quantum statistics.