These notes owe a great deal to previous lecturers of 8.044, especially
Prof. K. Rajagopal.
Chapter 1: Introduction
to Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Chapter 2:
Probability
Chapter 3:
Thermodynamics, part 1
Chapter 4:
Microcanonical Ensemble
Chapter 5:
Thermodynamics, part 2
Chapter 6:
Canonical Ensemble
Chapter 7:
Blackbody Radiation
Chapter 8:
Chemical Potential
Chapter 9:
Quantum Ideal Gases
Notes from recitation sections