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What is statistical mechanics?
Random walks with emergent properties.
Temperature and equilibrium.
Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity.
Entropy.
Free energies.
Quantum statistical mechanics.
Calculation and computation.
Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology.
Correlations, response, and dissipation.
Abrupt phase transitions.
Continuous phase transitions.
Appendix: Fourier methods.
Random walks with emergent properties.
Temperature and equilibrium.
Phase-space dynamics and ergodicity.
Entropy.
Free energies.
Quantum statistical mechanics.
Calculation and computation.
Order parameters, broken symmetry, and topology.
Correlations, response, and dissipation.
Abrupt phase transitions.
Continuous phase transitions.
Appendix: Fourier methods.