Zak and Derek discuss the basics of thermodynamics, including the so-called thermodynamic potentials.

Topics: energy, temperature, entropy, pressure, volume, enthalpy, Helmholtz free energy, Gibbs free enthalpy.

Modern Thermodynamics: http://www.av8n.com/physics/thermo/

Legendre transformation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendre_transformation

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