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Human Thermodynamics (HT) is the study of matter and energy transformations in human life processes. In scientific composition, HT is a fusion of the following fields:
In more detail, human thermodynamics is the scientific study of the energetic aspects of the processes of human life, namely those existent between heat, work, spontaneity, irreversibility and the laws defining therein. In short, human thermodynamics is the study of heat and its relation to the motion and changes in the equilibriums of human bodies. The essential process of thermodynamics is that whereby heat cycles through a system of chemical species, e.g. water molecules in a steam engine or human molecules in a social system (sociological thermodynamics) and thereby mediates the production of work. In simple terms, heat, in the form of gamma-ray photons, cycles from the sun, the systems are coupled economies, the chemical species are people, and the work is the work of life. The four laws of thermodynamics define the boundaries of this action.
The Encyclopedia of Human Thermodynamics (eoht.info), started in 2007, is compendium of articles on topics in human thermodynamics as well as a listing of the biographies of the dozens of pioneers of human thermodynamics as well as their theories. Pictorially, the basic outline of the science of human thermodynamics equates to approximately:
Suppose a man Mx meets a woman Fy; will their union MxFy hold? That is, does their reaction:
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∆G = ∆H – T∆S Gibbs free energy equation
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POLL: the conundrums (shown above) are real answers supplied by Chicagoans: Street Poll [2005].
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Why are affluent neighborhoods more organized than less affluent neighborhoods, and how does this 'pattern' relate to the thermodynamic quantity entropy, a measure of organization? During the first few days of class at any random high school, why do 'cliques', which in a very literal sense organize themselves from HOT to COLD, spontaneously form?
Suppose a man has ten girlfriends [∆G1, ∆G2, ∆G3, ... ∆G10]; how can he use the science of human thermodynamics to help him select, leaving no semblance of doubt, the absolute ‘best’ match?
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DATA: the English vs. Math factoid derives from a sampled poll of Chicagoans from twenty different high schools [2005].
NOTE: for proof of inverse relation - see: HT-Mandate #1
Why for 3% of the population are same-sex bonds – MxMx or FyFy – more stable than opposite sex bonds – MxFy; for example, is it correct to say that the hydroxide molecule O-H is 'right' for the way it bonds – and that the hydrogen molecule H-H is 'wrong' for the way it bonds?
SEE: World Views regarding which bonds are currently 'legal' and which are 'illegal'.
With respect to intimate relationship (reaction) life, to elaborate on the concepts of equilibrium and spontaneity, it is well known that the process of pair-bonding or human bonding in general and the characteristic love or heat energy dynamics resulting from such bond formations mediates thru the action of conjoined parallel, evolving, substrate-attached, human chemical reactions. The change in the Gibbs free energy determines the "spontaneity" of these reactions, i.e. if they will work or not. In other words, for example, in theory, rather than haphazardly and inefficiently stumbling through the dating market "testing the water" (i.e. hot, ambient, or cold) one can instead constructively use the Gibbs free energy equation to pre-calculate or see into the future whether or not any particular bond will hold, be it a relationship bond, occupational bond, or friendship bond, etc., as determined by how far such bonds are from equilibrium (i.e. dead relationship level) [12].
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Tetra-bonded Human-ide Molecule
A 'Bonding' Transition State
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HUMAN THERMODYNAMICS
What are the Thermodynamics of Love?
What does it mean to be: 'So Full of Life?'
Furthermore, suppose we impose constraints onto the system such that only monogamous relationships (bonds) are ‘legal’. The question remains, because of these constraints, who will be more likely to stay married – and who will be more likely, or tempted, to ‘cheat’ through a sort of crude serial monogamy?
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It's now time to apply what we've learned to our own lives!
H2O molecules in possession
of gravitational potential energy
What - do I have to do to get (i.e. bond with) that
most desired man or woman?
If everyone agrees with absolute certainty that there do exist ‘bonds’ between humans, some strong, some weak, then why over the course of our existence has no one come forward to explain their mechanism of operation via the fundamental forces?
[1]
Baierlein, R. (1999). Thermal Physics (textbook). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Hyperphysics (online), "Discourse on Heat and Work" [URL].
[2]
Veltman, M. (2003). Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics. New Jersey: World Scientific Publishing.
Schroeder, D. (2000). Thermal Physics (textbook). New York: Addison Wesley Longman.
[3]
Dictionary.com (2003). Definition: 'desire'. Origin: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University.
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Carnot, S. (1824). Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire - and on Machines Fitted to Develop that Power. (Dover Reprint, 1988). New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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Stokes, P. (2003). Philosophy 100 - Essential Thinkers. New York: Enchanted Lion Books.
IoHT (2003). Freud's Psycho Dynamic Theory [1873-1923] (article). [URL]. Chicago: IoHT Publishing.
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Bryson, B. (2003). A Short History of Nearly Everything. New York: Broadway Books.
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Wheeler, L. (1951). Josiah Willard Gibbs - The History of a Great Mind. Connecticut: Ox Bow Press.
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Gibbs, W. (1876). The Scientific Papers of J. Willard Gibbs: "On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances", Vol. 1, Thermodynamics. Connecticut: Ox Bow Press [HT Books].
Gladyshev, G. (1997). Thermodynamic Theory of the Evolution of Living Beings. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. [HT Books].
Gladyshev, G. (2003). Supramolecular Thermodynamics - a Key to Understanding the Phenomenon of Life (in Russian). Moscow: Izhevski. ISBN: 59397-21982
Gladyshev, G. (2006). "The Principle of Substance Stability is Applicable to all Levels of Organization of Living Matter." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2006, 7, 98-110 - International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) (ISSN: 1422-0067 Online; ISSN: 1424-6783 CD-ROM; CODEN: IJMCFK). [PDF], [URL]
Haynie, D. (2001). Biological Thermodynamics (textbook). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Hwang, D. (2004). Journal of Hybrid Vigor: "The Thermodynamics of Love", Emory University: [URL].
Muller, E. (1998). “Human Societies: A Curious Application of Thermodynamics”. Chemical Engineering Education [CEE], Vol. 32, Num. 3, summer issue. University of Florida Publications: Department of Chemical Engineering [Abstract].
Smith, J., Van Ness, H., & Abbott, M. (2005). Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, 6th Ed. (textbook). New York: McGraw Hill.
Thims, L. (2002-2005). Human Thermodynamics, Vol I-III. Chicago: IoHT Publishing Ltd. [HT Books].
Thims, Libb (2007). Human Chemistry (Volume One). LuLu.
Thims, Libb (2007). Human Chemistry (Volume Two). LuLu.
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Thims, L. (2005). Poll: "Is Love a Chemical Reaction" Yes or No? (survey of 100 Chicagoans: 60% college students, 40% working class). Chicago: Institute of Human Thermodynamics Publishing. [URL]
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Ege, S. (1994). Organic Chemistry - Structure and Reactivity (textbook). Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Health and Company.
[15]
NSHS (2001). "43 Percent of First Marriages Break Up Within 15 Years". [URL]. Maryland: Hyattsville, US CDC.
Wilkins, S. (2005). "For Richer or Poorer". [URL]. Mother Jones [www.motherjones.com]
HEAT
energy in transit [1]
ENERGY
fundamental interactions [2]
As many will agree, the mechanism underlying the desire to bond perfectly with another human being is the most fundamental curiosity of all human existence. No other question carries more weight! The science of human thermodynamics provides the answer. This objective defines HT's pinnacle mandate for millennia to come. Thermodynamics itself is concerned with transformations of energy, and the laws of thermodynamics describe the bounds within which these transformations are observed to occur. The "process" of human life defined by its myriad peculiarities within its insatiable multi-timed flow is one of these bounded transformations.
The first to apply the principles of thermodynamics to human life was the Austrian psychoanalysist Sigmund Freud, who in 1874 began to affix the first law of thermodynamics to human psychological processes and in doing so developed psychodynamics, a precursor to human thermodynamics. To summarize Freud's life from a human thermodynamic point-of-view, in his own words: “when I was young, the only thing I longed for (desire) was philosophical knowledge, and now that I am going over from medicine to psychology I am in the process of attaining it.” [5]
Willard Gibbs [1839-1903]
■ Founder of the science of Chemical Thermodynamics
■ Descendant of 6 generations of college graduates: 8 Harvard, 3 Yale, and 2 Princeton.
■ Received the first doctorate of engineering to be granted in the U.S. (Yale)
■ His 1876 paper On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances is concidered to be:
■ Formulated an equilibrium equation for chemical reactions as based on his analysis of the equilibrium of James Watt's steam engine governor.
■ Both parents died before he was 21.
EQUILIBRIUM
A balance of two entities: the heat energy supplied to and the work energy performed by a substance [7]
DESIRE
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state [3]
When - do I have to make this pristine SELECTION?
Where - do I need to be in life to optimally effectuate this PROCESS?
Why - am I innately HOT for certain PEOPLE, objectives, or occupations, etc.?
(A) Why do certain subatomic particles, atoms, or molecules DESIRE to be with other certain subatomic particles, atoms, or molecules?
(B) Through these DESIRE fulfillment processes is HEAT Q released or absorbed (and why)?
(C) Summing A + B, together with our curiosity of human life, we note that starting from an early age there are several questions that seem to forever build to encompass our daily lives:
Why is attractiveness A inversely proportional to intelligence I? Why in any random high school, for instance, are the least physically attractive students typically found in math class, and the most physically attractive students typically found in English class?
For years we've had great success in measuring the potential, the capacity to develop into actuality, of such small reactions as: