The broad field encompassing all scientific inquiry where thermodynamics is the primary lens—from traditional heat engine engineering to cosmology (the heat death of the universe) and information theory (Landauer's principle). It's the science of what's possible given energy and entropy, setting the ultimate boundaries for everything from chemical reactions to computation.
Example: "She studied Thermodynamical Sciences, which meant she could tell you the minimum energy required to erase a bit of computer memory, the maximum efficiency of a star, and why your room gets messier over time. She called it 'the science of inevitable loss,' which made her a riot at parties."
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Get the Thermodynamical Sciences mug.Essentially the same as Metabolical Thermodynamics, but from the opposite perspective: using living metabolism as the prime example to study and test non-equilibrium thermodynamic theories. It's the physics department's approach, where the cell is the most fascinating heat engine in the universe—a self-repairing, replicating machine that temporarily and locally battles entropy. Life becomes the ultimate case study for how complex order can emerge from energy flow.
Example: "The physics colloquium on 'Thermodynamical Metabolism' described a human as a 'walking dissipative structure.' We exist to turn ordered chemical energy into heat and waste, accelerating universal entropy in a beautifully complex way. It was the most profound and depressing description of lunch ever."
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