Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics started as a study of steam engines and turned out to describe the direction of time. This course covers the laws, what they forbid, and why that matters for everything from fridges to the universe.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01Heat and temperatureTwo quantities people conflate.
- 02The first lawEnergy is conserved.
- 03The second lawDirection, not just quantity.
- 04Engines and efficiencyWhy perfect is impossible.
- 05How heat movesThree mechanisms.
- 06GasesPressure, volume, temperature.
- 07Phase changesEnergy that changes nothing visible.
- 08Thermodynamics in the worldWhere the laws show up.
- 09The statistical viewWhy the laws are about probability.
- 10Time and the universeThe largest consequence.
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