Thermodynamics, Statistical Physics, and Quantum Mechanics

Contents

PART I: PROBLEMS

4.Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

IntroductoryThermodynamics

Why Bother? (Moscow Phys-Tech)

SpaceStationPressure(MIT)

Baron vonMünchausen and IntergalacticTravel(Moscow

Phys-Tech)

Railway Tanker (Moscow Phys-Tech)

Magic Carpet (Moscow Phys-Tech)

Teacup Engine (Princeton, Moscow Phys-Tech)

Grand Lunar Canals (Moscow Phys-Tech)

Frozen Solid (Moscow Phys-Tech)

Tea in Thermos (Moscow Phys-Tech)

Heat Loss (Moscow Phys-Tech)

Liquid–Solid–Liquid(Moscow Phys-Tech)

Hydrogen Rocket (Moscow Phys-Tech)

Maxwell–Boltzmann Averages (MIT)

Slowly Leaking Box (Moscow Phys-Tech, Stony Brook

(a,b))

Surface Contamination (Wisconsin-Madison)

Bell Jar (Moscow Phys-Tech)

Hole inWall(Princeton)

Ballast Volume Pressure (Moscow Phys-Tech)

Rocket inDrag(Princeton)

Adiabatic Atmosphere (Boston, Maryland)

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