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Wallace and the Malay ArchipelagoWallace and the Malay Archipelago
Wallace and the Malay ArchipelagoWallace and the Malay Archipelago
Darwin and Kelvin: The Age of the EarthDarwin and Kelvin: The Age of the Earth
Energy Unleashed in Southeast AsiaEnergy Unleashed in Southeast Asia
Energy Unleashed in Southeast AsiaEnergy Unleashed in Southeast Asia
Aph 105cAph 105c
Lecture 1: The Course in PerspectiveLecture 1: The Course in Perspective
(Bodenschatz et al.)
Theme 1: Information Theory Approach toTheme 1: Information Theory Approach toStatistical MechanicsStatistical Mechanics
Edwin Jaynes Claude Shannon
Theme 2: Applications of Statistical Theme 2: Applications of Statistical Mechanics - Chemical PotentialMechanics - Chemical Potential
Entropic forces - depletion attraction
Adsorption on surfaces
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Theme 3: InterfacesTheme 3: Interfaces
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Bhadesia - AlLi Alloy
Theme 4: Putting the Dynamics Back in Theme 4: Putting the Dynamics Back in ThermodynamicsThermodynamics
The Virtue of Multiple Formulations ofThe Virtue of Multiple Formulations ofThe Same ProblemThe Same Problem
"Theories of the known, which are described by different physical ideas may be equivalent in all their predictions and are hence scientificallyindistinguishable. However, they are not psychologically identicalwhen trying to move from that base into the unknown. For differentviews suggest different kinds of modifications which might be madeand hence are not equivalent in the hypotheses one generates fromthem in ones attempt to understand what is not yet understood."