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Formalism of equilibrium thermodynamics

Thermodynamics, the study of the behaviour of physical systems in terms of their macroscopic observables. A physical theory that perhaps is closest to our macroscopic perception of the physical world.

References

• A.M. Steane, Thermodynamics, Oxford University Press, 2017.
• Dep. of Physics Oxford University, Basics of Thermodynamics.
• D.A. Lavis and R. Frigg, The Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Springer, 2025.