Now, this course is primarily aimed at students who have little or no prior programming experience.

现在，这门课程,主要面向零基础,或少量编程经验的学生。

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So it applies to macroscopic systems that are in equilibrium, and how to go from one equilibrium state to another equilibrium state, and it's entirely empirical in its foundation.

因此，热力学研究的是平衡态的宏观系统,以及如何从,一个平衡态过渡到另一个平衡态，它完全是建立在经验的基础上的。

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In other words, it is to bring the rigor, the substance, the empirical foundation, the science from academia and merge it with accessibility of the self-help or New Age movement.

换句话说，就是要把严谨，实质，经验基础，学术科学,与自助或新纪元运动的通俗易懂相结合。

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