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Systems

A short course on the difference between a heap and a system, and why the macroscopic approach to chemistry is in the end the systems approach. Built around Merrill's claim that the parts alone are not enough: the interactions are equally part of what the system is.

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The sections below are arranged in the order we suggest, and the highlighted one is where we recommend you begin. But learning is not linear. Open any section in any order, return to earlier ones whenever you like, and treat the sequence as a recommendation rather than a track.