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This lecture introduces the concepts of macroscopic and statistical descriptions in thermodynamics, covering the principle zero of thermodynamics, state variables, microscopic and macroscopic properties, pressure, collisions at the microscopic level, equilibrium states, reversible and irreversible processes, and the definition and behavior of temperature in systems.