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Modeling Thermodynamic Distance, Curvature and Fluctuations

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Theoretical thermodynamics has been developed from the practical studies of thermal engines operation. Initially, it was based on the empirical usage of a combination of mechanical and thermal notions. The absence of a sound basis, consisting of well-defined and understood concepts, has often been noticed by personalities who made important contributions in the field, among which we quote Josiah Willard Gibbs, Hermann von Helmholtz, Pierre Duhem and Walther Nernst.

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Badescu, V. (2016). Introduction. In: Modeling Thermodynamic Distance, Curvature and Fluctuations. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33789-0_1

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