PHILOSOP 3310F
0.50 credit · Main
Most observed processes are asymmetric. Cream stirs into coffee but doesn't stir out. This relates to the direction of time: ordered states evolve into disordered states. Thermodynamics expresses this asymmetry and statistical mechanics aims to explain it. This course examines these two theories and the role(s)of probability in physics.
Philosophy 2300F/G or Philosophy 2310F/G or permission of the department.
3.0 hours.
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