What do people regard the working body as in thermodynamics ?
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