March 30, 2009 - Leonard Susskind discusses the study of statistical analysis as calculating the probability of things subject to the constraints of a conserved quantity. Susskind introduces energy, entropy, temperature, and phase states as they relate directly to statistical mechanics.

1. Energy, Entropy, Temperature, and Phase States
2. Overview of Elementary Mathematics
3. Theory of Fluctuations
4. Pressure & Helm-Holtz Free Energy
5. Black Hole Thermodynamics
6. Second Law of Thermodynamics
7. Harmonic Oscillators & Quantum States
8. Multidimensional Lattice Systems
9. Chemical Potential
10. Inflation, Adiabatic Transformation and Thermal Dynamic Systems

This Stanford Continuing Studies course is the sixth of a six-quarter sequence of classes exploring the essential theoretical foundations of modern physics. The topics covered in this course focus on quantum mechanics. The course is taught by Leonard Susskind, the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University.