What We Are Reading Today: ‘A Dynamical Systems Theory of Thermodynamics’

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Updated 17 December 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘A Dynamical Systems Theory of Thermodynamics’

Author: Wassim M. Haddad 

“A Dynamical Systems Theory of Thermodynamics” develops a postmodern theory of thermodynamics as part of mathematical dynamical systems theory. 

This book merges the two universalisms of thermodynamics and dynamical systems theory in a single compendium, with the latter providing an ideal language for the former, to develop a new and unique framework for dynamical thermodynamics.

In particular, the book uses system-theoretic ideas to bring coherence, clarity, and precision to an important and poorly understood classical area of science.