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Das schönste Glück des denkenden Menschen ist, das Erforschliche erforscht zu haben und das Unerforschliche zu verehren.
J. W. von Goethe

It is not a question of annihilating
science, but of controlling it.
Science is totally dependent upon philosophical opinions for all of its
goals and methods, though it easily forgets this.
F. Nietzsche

Quantum Thermodynamics

A quantum approach to thermodynamics contains both the foundation of a very successful theory of modern physics on basis of a real microscopic theory and the chance of investigating thermodynamic properties on the microscopic scale.

Figure: Foundation of thermodynamics on quantum mechanics (left) or classical mechanics (right), respectively.