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Yale's philosophy of teaching and learning begins with the aim of training a broadly based, highly disciplined intellect without specifying in advance how that intellect will be used. The Yale Courses channel provides entry into the core of the University--its classrooms and academic programs--including complete sets of lectures from the Open Yale Courses initiative. Complementary syllabi, transcripts, and other resources may also be accessed from the Open Yale Courses website listed below.

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  • September 30 · 1 hr 18 min

    12. Introduction to Relativity

    For more information about Professor Shankar's book based on the lectures from this course, Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics, visit http://bit.ly/1jFIqNu. Fundamentals of Physics (PHYS 200) This is the first of a series of lectures on relativity. The lecture begins with a historical overview and goes into problems that aim to describe a single event as seen by two independent observers. Maxwell's theory, as well as the Galilean and Lorentz transformations are also discussed. 00:00 - Chapter 1. The Meaning of Relativity 18:10 - Chapter 2. The Galilean Transformation and its Consequences 31:35 - Chapter 3. The Medium of Light 43:22 - Chapter 4. The Two Postulates of Relativity 46:48 - Chapter 5. Length Contraction and Time Dilation 55:34 - Chapter 6. Deriving the Lorentz Transformation Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 30 · 1 hr 21 min

    22. The Boltzmann Constant and First Law of Thermodynamics

    For more information about Professor Shankar's book based on the lectures from this course, Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics, visit http://bit.ly/1jFIqNu. Fundamentals of Physics (PHYS 200) 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. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Recap of Heat Theory 11:54 - Chapter 2. The Boltzman Constant and Avogadro's Number 18:50 - Chapter 3. A Microscopic Definition of Temperature 30:15 - Chapter 4. Molecular Mechanics of Phase Change and the Maxwell-Boltzmann 46:49 - Chapter 5. Quasi-static Processes 50:19 - Chapter 6. Internal Energy and the First Law of Thermodynamics Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 30 · 54 min

    5. Philosophers and Kings: Plato's Republic, III-IV

    Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114) The discussion of the Republic continues. An account is given of the various figures, their role in the dialogue and what they represent in the work overall. Socrates challenges Polemarchus' argument on justice, questions the distinction between a friend and an enemy, and asserts his famous thesis that all virtues require knowledge and reflection at their basis. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Polemarchus 08:25 - Chapter 2. Thrasymachus 18:59 - Chapter 3. Glaucon 26:09 - Chapter 4. Adeimantus 37:28 - Chapter 5. Spiritedness and the Establishment of the Just City Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 30 · 11 min

    1.7 | Revolutionizing Medicine: The Promise of Digital Healthcare - Medical Software Course

    In this lesson, we explore the profound digital transformation sweeping across healthcare, examining how technology is reshaping patient care, diagnostics, and data management. From the widespread adoption of electronic medical records and telemedicine to emerging fields like digital medicine, imaging, and biomarkers, we'll delve into the benefits and challenges of these advancements, highlighting the immense opportunities for innovation in medical software. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Define and understand the impact of key digital health technologies like EMRs, telemedicine, and digital medicine. • Identify the benefits and challenges associated with the digital transformation of healthcare, including data management and privacy. • Recognize the rapid growth and future potential of digital medical imaging and biomarkers. • Appreciate the exponential increase in healthcare data and its implications for medical decision-making and software development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 30 · 10 min

    1104 | Catalyst 2030: Rewriting the Rules of Social Impact - Social Entrepreneurship Course

    Why are the Sustainable Development Goals projected to be achieved by 2082 instead of 2030? In this lesson, we explore Catalyst 2030, an innovative global 'extrapreneurship' network designed to accelerate progress towards the SDGs by addressing insufficient and fragmented funding. Discover how this unique, distributed organization, led by a chief facilitator and refusing traditional hierarchies, empowers social entrepreneurs worldwide to shift power dynamics, influence policy, and foster collective action through a collaborative, constellation-like structure. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Understand the mission and 'extrapreneurship' approach of Catalyst 2030 in accelerating Sustainable Development Goals. • Identify critical challenges in current social innovation funding and how Catalyst 2030 addresses them. • Examine the unique, distributed 'constellation' structure and governance model of Catalyst 2030. • Discover key strategies governments can employ to foster supportive ecosystems for social entrepreneurs. • Appreciate the emphasis on shifting power dynamics and empowering grassroots voices in global social impact initiatives. 📚 About the Course Have you ever wondered what it would be like to create real change? You don't have to start your own organization to make a difference in the world. Everyone can learn the social entrepreneurship mindset and skillset to build social impact. In this course, you will immerse yourself in a social or environmental challenge you want to tackle. You'll start by researching your topic of choice, talking to people, and ideating a potential solution that you can contribute. Then, you'll build a business model around that solution, understanding concepts like measuring social change, ensuring financial viability, funding and pitching. This course is a safe space to experiment and explore. You'll be guided by a ten stage framework to help structure your journey. Along the way, you'll hear from social entrepreneurs around the world through case studies and campus conversations. These include Yale alumni, members of the New Haven community, and global changemakers. Everyone is welcome to join this course! You can apply your lived, learned, or professional experience to discover how you're going to make a difference. 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezbi0aRJeVnt99ynTVZG1PL 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://online.yale.edu/courses/creating-change-through-social-entrepreneurship 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/creating-change-through-social-entrepreneurship #SocialEntrepreneurship #YaleCourse #Impact #Changemakers #BusinessPlan #DesignThinking Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 30 · 4 min

    1.5 | US Healthcare Paradox: High Costs, Low Quality? Medical Software Course

    Why is the US healthcare system so expensive, yet its quality lags behind other industrialized nations? In this lesson, we dive into the current landscape of US healthcare, examining its systemic challenges related to drastically increasing costs and surprisingly poor quality metrics, setting the stage for understanding the significant opportunities within this paradox. 🎯 Learning Objectives • Understand the systemic challenges facing the US healthcare landscape. • Analyze the drastic increase in US healthcare costs and how they compare to other industrialized nations. • Identify key areas where healthcare spending is allocated in the US. • Examine the paradox of high spending coupled with unexpectedly poor healthcare quality in the US, including medical error rates and infant mortality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 30 · 14 min

    Give Your Team a Purpose That Guides Real Decisions | Connected Leadership

    A clear team purpose acts as a North Star that guides decisions, builds trust, and empowers distributed teams. This lesson walks through the strategy pyramid and offers practical guidance for crafting vision and mission statements that actually drive behavior. Key topics: - Why team purpose matters: direction, motivation, and coordination - The role of shared values and the tension with diversity - The strategy pyramid: vision, mission, values, and strategy - Crafting concise, memorable vision and mission statements - Researching real-world examples and reflecting on fit - McKinsey data on the gap between mission and impact 📚 About the Course: This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice? When you take this course, you will: Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals. Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team. Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking. Course Takeaways: Improve your ability to get the most out of life Strengthen your leadership toolkit Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 8 min

    What happens when your purpose matches your team's? | Connected Leadership

    When your personal purpose lines up with your organization's purpose, leadership becomes more authentic and energizing. This lesson shows how to map your individual purpose, values, and vision against a team or organization to find overlap and articulate how you want to lead. Key topics: - Connecting individual purpose to team or organizational purpose - Bringing personal values and impact statements into the workbook - The via.org personality survey as a self-discovery tool - Side-by-side comparison of personal and organizational purpose - Defining how you want to lead in the overlap area - Integrating layers of self and team via the map analogy 📚 About the Course: This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice? When you take this course, you will: Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals. Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team. Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking. Course Takeaways: Improve your ability to get the most out of life Strengthen your leadership toolkit Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 1 hr 20 min

    16. The Taylor Series and Other Mathematical Concepts

    For more information about Professor Shankar's book based on the lectures from this course, Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics, visit http://bit.ly/1jFIqNu. Fundamentals of Physics (PHYS 200) The lecture covers a number of mathematical concepts. The Taylor series is introduced and its properties discussed, supplemented by various examples. Complex numbers are explained in some detail, especially in their polar form. The lecture ends with a discussion of simple harmonic motion. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Derive Taylor Series of a Function, f as [Σ (0, ∞)fnxn/n!] 14:21 - Chapter 2. Examples of Functions with Invalid Taylor Series 17:30 - Chapter 3. Taylor Series for Popular Functions(cos x, ex,etc) 23:31 - Chapter 4. Derive Trigonometric Functions from Exponential Functions 31:41 - Chapter 5. Properties of Complex Numbers 42:40 - Chapter 6. Polar Form of Complex Numbers 50:04 - Chapter 7. Simple Harmonic Motions 01:03:07 - Chapter 8. Law of Conservation of Energy and Harmonic Motion Due to Torque Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 51 min

    14. Trench Warfare

    France Since 1871 (HIST 276) The sacred union that united France's political parties during World War I contributed to a resilient morale on the home front. Germany's invasion of France, and the conflict over Alsace-Lorraine in particular, contributed to French concern over atrocities and the national investment in the war effort. New weapons and other fighting technologies, coupled with the widespread use of trenches, made fighting tremendously difficult and gruesome on all fronts. 00:00 - Chapter 1. The Schlieffen Plan: German Hopes for an Early Victory 07:16 - Chapter 2. The Early War of Movement: The Battle of the Marne and the Salvation of France 13:47 - Chapter 3. From Movement to Attrition: The Development of Trench Warfare 22:00 - Chapter 4. The Identity of the Citizen-Soldier: Society During and After the War 34:30 - Chapter 5. Conditions on the Front: The Nature of Machine Warfare Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 1 hr 20 min

    17. Simple Harmonic Motion

    For more information about Professor Shankar's book based on the lectures from this course, Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics, visit http://bit.ly/1jFIqNu. Fundamentals of Physics (PHYS 200) The focus of the lecture is simple harmonic motion. Professor Shankar gives several examples of physical systems, such as a mass M attached to a spring, and explains what happens when such systems are disturbed. Amplitude, frequency and period of simple harmonic motion are also defined in the course of the lecture. Several problems are solved in order to demonstrate various cases of oscillation. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Example Equations of Oscillating Objects 10:49 - Chapter 2. Superposition of Solutions to Linear (Harmonic) Equations 30:16 - Chapter 3. Conditions for Solutions to Harmonic Equations 38:57 - Chapter 4. Exponential Functions as Generic Solutions 50:48 - Chapter 5. Undamped, Under-damped and Over-damped Oscillations 01:00:28 - Chapter 6. Driving Harmonic Force on Oscillator Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 57 min

    15. The Home Front

    France Since 1871 (HIST 276) 1917 is a critical moment in World War I, as the Bolsheviks seize power in Russia and Woodrow Wilson leads the U.S. into war on the side of the Allied powers. Although morale held steady on the home front in France, there were multiple mutinies and strikes as the war progressed. These mutinies were not in favor of German victory; rather, they were in protest of corruption at home, in the form of incompetence and profiteering. Literary and historical records of World War I bear witness to the difficulty faced by soldiers in reentering civilian life after returning home. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Advice for the Midterm Exam 04:48 - Chapter 2. The Turning Point in 1917: The Russian Revolution and American Involvement 17:05 - Chapter 3. Social Tensions of War: Profiteers, Women and Refugees 24:19 - Chapter 4. Mutinies and Strikes: Popular Revolt on the Front and at Home 36:53 - Chapter 5. Ludendorff's Last Push: The German Offensive of 1918 41:30 - Chapter 6. The End at Last: The Human Cost of War Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 4 min

    Surface the Values Your Team Actually Cares About | Connected Leadership

    Wrap up the discussion of vision and mission with suggested readings and a practical exercise for surfacing the values that matter most to your team. The flip-the-negative technique helps any group articulate the kind of culture they want to build. Key topics: - Suggested readings on vision, mission, and the strategy pyramid - Toegel and Barsoux on team conflict and the role of values - Reflecting on the worst teams you've worked on - The flip-the-negative exercise to surface positive values - Drawing from compiled values lists like Brene Brown's 📚 About the Course: This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice? When you take this course, you will: Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals. Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team. Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking. Course Takeaways: Improve your ability to get the most out of life Strengthen your leadership toolkit Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 4 min

    Become a Better Team Leader, Even If You're Not "The Leader" | Connected Leadership

    Bringing your purpose-driven self into the teams you work with is the next step on the connected leadership journey. This introduction sets up how the framework applies at the team level and why team leadership is a learnable skill anyone can develop. Key topics: - Recap of the self module and the four Ps - Applying the connected leadership framework to teams - Why team skills matter even if you don't see yourself as a leader - Roadmap: purpose, effectiveness tools, and lasting change - Team leadership as a learnable skill 📚 About the Course: This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice? When you take this course, you will: Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals. Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team. Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking. Course Takeaways: Improve your ability to get the most out of life Strengthen your leadership toolkit Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 8 min

    The rocks analogy doesn't work for everyone. Here's what else might. | Connected Leadership

    If the rocks-in-a-jar analogy doesn't land for you, here are alternatives that keep the same underlying insight. Explore sweet treats, a baby's mobile, a planted yard of oak trees, and packing a boat down a river to find an image that resonates. Key topics: - Preserving the three-to-five priority insight - Sweet treats and candy as a softer analogy - A baby's mobile with three to five arms - An oak-tree yard with bushes and grass - Packing a small boat down Dalio's river of time - Using emotional power when you name your priorities 📚 About the Course: This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice? When you take this course, you will: Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals. Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team. Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking. Course Takeaways: Improve your ability to get the most out of life Strengthen your leadership toolkit Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 3 min

    What bigger problem is your purpose already pointing to? | Connected Leadership

    Your purpose, impact statement, and team strategy pyramid already hint at the system you care about. Use this exercise to surface a system you want to learn about or change, anchored in the personal why you've developed through the course. Key topics: - Revisiting the purpose worksheet for system clues - Mining your impact statement for bigger ideas - Vision and mission as system signals - Choosing a system you care deeply about - Purpose as the connective tissue across self, team, and system 📚 About the Course: This course is designed to maximize your ability to create change at the individual, team and system levels. Through study, reflection, and deploying practical tools, you will establish a firm connection between your clearly articulated Purpose, effective Priorities, visualized Potential for success, and pathway to maximized Progress. But, what does that mean in practice? When you take this course, you will: Improve your ability to get the most out of life: Learn a simple practice to reflect on your purpose, clarify priorities, visualize your potential, and maximize your effectiveness at progressing towards your goals. Strengthen your leadership toolkit: Tap into your unique leadership style and strengths and join or create a community of others to maximize your potential as a team. Create change through systems thinking: Become a more effective agent of positive change and appreciate the power and complexity of system thinking. Course Takeaways: Improve your ability to get the most out of life Strengthen your leadership toolkit Practice and apply systems thinking to plan for change 📺 Watch the full playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNezZEnhZC8dS3AvTnzOiB0Ij 🎓 Enroll on Coursera for assessments and a certificate: https://www.coursera.org/learn/connected-leadership 🌐 Explore more learning opportunities on Yale Online: https://online.yale.edu/courses/connected-leadership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 1 hr 15 min

    5. Nash equilibrium: bad fashion and bank runs

    Game Theory (ECON 159) We first define formally the new concept from last time: Nash equilibrium. Then we discuss why we might be interested in Nash equilibrium and how we might find Nash equilibrium in various games. As an example, we play a class investment game to illustrate that there can be many equilibria in social settings, and that societies can fail to coordinate at all or may coordinate on a bad equilibrium. We argue that coordination problems are common in the real world. Finally, we discuss why in such coordination problems--unlike in prisoners' dilemmas--simply communicating may be a remedy. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Nash Equilibrium: Definition 09:31 - Chapter 2. Nash Equilibrium: Examples 23:13 - Chapter 3. Nash Equilibrium: Relation to Dominance 31:53 - Chapter 4. Pareto Efficient Equilibria in Coordination Games: The Investment Game 53:11 - Chapter 5. Pareto Efficient Equilibria in Coordination Games: Other Examples Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2007. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 48 min

    19. Democracy and Participation: Rousseau's Discourse

    Introduction to Political Philosophy (PLSC 114) The discussion on the origins of inequality in the Second Discourse continues. This lecture focuses on amour-propre, a faculty or a disposition that is related to a range of psychological characteristics such as pride, vanity, and conceit. The Social Contract is subsequently discussed with an emphasis on the concept of freedom and how one's desire to preserve one's freedom is often in conflict with that of others to protect and defend their own. General will becomes Rousseau's solution to the problem of securing individual liberty. 00:00 - Chapter 1. "Amour-Propre": The Most Durable Cause of Inequality 20:15 - Chapter 2. Civilization and Its DIscontents 32:06 - Chapter 3. The Social Contract Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses This course was recorded in Fall 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • September 29 · 1 hr 17 min

    23. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Carnot's Engine

    For more information about Professor Shankar's book based on the lectures from this course, Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics, visit http://bit.ly/1jFIqNu. Fundamentals of Physics (PHYS 200) 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 is an upper limit to the efficiency of heat engines and how the concept of entropy arises from macroscopic considerations. 00:00 - Chapter 1. Recap of First Law of Thermodynamics and Macroscopic State Properties 13:22 - Chapter 2. Defining Specific Heats at Constant Pressure and Volume 26:01 - Chapter 3. Adiabatic Processes 43:57 - Chapter 4. The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Concept of Entropy 59:02 - Chapter 5. The Carnot Engine Complete course materials are available at the Yale Online website: online.yale.edu This course was recorded in Fall 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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