Branches Of
The following list gives a rough outline as to when the major branches of thermodynamics came into inception:
- Thermochemistry - 1780s
- Classical thermodynamics - 1824
- Chemical thermodynamics - 1876
- Statistical mechanics - c. 1880s
- Equilibrium thermodynamics
- Engineering thermodynamics
- Chemical engineering thermodynamics - c. 1940s
- Non-equilibrium thermodynamics - 1941
- Small systems thermodynamics - 1960s
- Biological thermodynamics - 1957
- Ecosystem thermodynamics - 1959
- Relativistic thermodynamics - 1965
- Quantum thermodynamics - 1968
- Black hole thermodynamics - c. 1970s
- Geological thermodynamics - c. 1970s
- Biological evolution thermodynamics - 1978
- Geochemical thermodynamics - c. 1980s
- Atmospheric thermodynamics - c. 1980s
- Natural systems thermodynamics - 1990s
- Supramolecular thermodynamics - 1990s
- Earthquake thermodynamics - 2000
- Drug-receptor thermodynamics - 2001
- Pharmaceutical systems thermodynamics – 2002
Ideas from thermodynamics have also been applied in other fields, for example:
- Thermoeconomics - c. 1970s
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