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When:
November 16, 2017 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
2017-11-16T13:00:00-05:00
2017-11-16T14:00:00-05:00
Where:
S120 Biomedical Science Tower
Abstract:
Historically, classical thermodynamics was developed prior to the advent of statisti-cal mechanics. However, in many textbooks statistical mechanics is derived based on some assumptions and then its relation to classical thermodynamics is estab-lished. In this talk we present a simple derivation of statistical mechanics based on classical thermodynamics. Fundamental aspects of the theory are discussed, in par-ticular with respect to entropy and computer simulation.