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''Course Mottos:''

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In teaching, writing, and research, there is no greater clarifier than a well-chosen example.

Formalism should not be introduced for its own sake, but only when it is needed for some particular problem.
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==Lecture 1: Thermodynamic properties of materials and measurement methods==
*Topics: Specific heat in thermodynamics, phonons and specific Heat, anharmonicity, electronic specific heat, relaxation calorimetry, QD PPMS, contributions to specific heat, thermal expansion, capacitive dilatometry.
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==Lecture 2: Transport properties of materials and measurement methods==
* Drude theory of conduction, conductivity and Fermi-Dirac statistics, resistance and resistivity in experiment, Hall effect, ACT PPMS, Thermal conductivity, TTO PPMS, thermoelectric materials.
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==Lecture 3: High pressure and magnetic field electric transport==
*Topics: Cu-Be pressure cell, quantum oscillations
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