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4.1 stars from 45 ratings
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“Beautiful
I wish my professors were like this instead of reading off PowerPoint slides.”
Grandintegrator via Apple Podcasts ·
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08/02/12
A Perfect Introduction to Physics
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“Dr. Shankar gives a profound insight to his students and podcast listeners alike, by describing classical mechanics up to quantum principles in a coherent fashion. Although, I am still a high school senior; I've been accepted to Cal State Northridge and I choose physics as my major because of my...”Read full review »
skin10 via Apple Podcasts ·
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02/13/12
Recent Episodes
The focus of the lecture is the concept of entropy. Specific examples are given to calculate the entropy change for a number of different processes. Boltzmann's microscopic formula for entropy is introduced and used to explain irreversibility.
Published 10/09/09
Why does a dropped egg that spatters on the floor not rise back to your hands even though no laws prohibit it? The answer to such irreversibility resides the Second Law of Thermodynamics which explained in this and the next lecture. The Carnot heat engine is discussed in detail to show how there...
Published 10/09/09
This lecture continues the topic of thermodynamics, exploring in greater detail what heat is, and how it is generated and measured. The Boltzmann Constant is introduced. The microscopic meaning of temperature is explained. The First Law of Thermodynamics is presented.
Published 10/09/09
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