OUTLINES
0. REVIEW OF MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS
1. THE CANONICAL ENSEMBLE AND FLUCTUATIONS
2. CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM STATISTICS
3. IDEAL GASES AND NON-IDEAL GASES
4. CHEMICAL KINETICS AND EQUILIBRIUM
5. LIQUID STATE THEORY
6. CRYSTALS
7. DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION FORMALISM
8. TIME CORRELATION FUNCTION FORMALISM

TEXT BOOK:
D. A. MCQUARRIE, STATISTICAL MECHANICS (UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BOOKS, 2000)
D. A. MCQUARRIE AND J. D. SIMON, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BOOKS, 1997)

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30% HOMEWORK , 30% MIDTERM (EXAM), AND 40% FINAL (EXAM)