Social thermodynamics theory

In physics, social thermodynamics theory attempts to describe social phenomena using an approach with the mathematical structure of thermodynamics.[1] It is based on the general variational principle of minimization of Fisher information, which is known that can be used as formal generator of equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

This aim born with the derivation of Zipf's Law from first principles,[2] the prediction of scale-free ideal gases,[3] both the reproduction of city-size distributions and electoral results with competitive cluster growth processes on scale-free ideal networks, and the demonstration of the Dunbar's number as the cause of the 'six degrees of separation'.[4]

In fiction

The idea of social thermodynamics shows some similarities to the fictional science of psychohistory in Isaac Asimovs Foundation series.

References

  1. ↑ Tsekov, R. (2015). "How social thermodynamics could help Greece". doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.4032.6246.
  2. ↑ Hernando, A.; Puigdomènech, D.; Villuendas, D.; Vesperinas, C.; Plastino, A. (2009). "Zipf's law from a Fisher variational-principle". Physics Letters A 374: 18. arXiv:0908.0501. Bibcode:2009PhLA..374...18H. doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2009.10.027. (arXiv.org link)
  3. ↑ Hernando, A.; Vesperinas, C.; Plastino, A. (2010). "Fisher information and the thermodynamics of scale-invariant systems". Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 389 (3): 490. arXiv:0908.0504. Bibcode:2010PhyA..389..490H. doi:10.1016/j.physa.2009.09.054. (ArXiv link)
  4. ↑ Unravelling the size distribution of social groups with information theory on complex networks, A. Hernando, D. Villuendas, C. Vesperinas, M. Abad, A. Plastino, submitted to European Physics Journal B (http://arxiv.org/abs/0905.3704)
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