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STP Ising 1D Program
The STP 1DIsing program is a Monte Carlo simulation of a one-dimensional Ising model in equilibrium with a heat bath at temperature T using the Metropolis algorithm.

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Easy Java Simulations Modeling and Authoring Tool
Easy Java Simulations (EJS) is a Java program that enables both programmers and novices to quickly and easily build simulations.

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Galton Board Model
A Galton board is a vertical board with n rows of pegs onto which the a ball drops and bounces down to the bottom (hitting either a peg to the right or left). It was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool which allows to you to easily examine or modify the simulation if Ejs is installed.
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Simulations to explore basic concepts of probability and applied to simple systems from Chapter 3 of Statistical and Thermal Physics.

Concepts of Probability

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Jun 22	Investigation of students' reasoning regarding heat, work, and the first law of thermodynamics in an introductory calculus-based general physics course
Jun 22	Student understanding of the first law of thermodynamics: Relating work to the adiabatic compression of an ideal gas
Jun 22	A new statement of the second law of thermodynamics
Jun 22	A thermodynamic derivative means an experiment

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