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Jürgen Mimkes
In human thermodynamics, Jürgen Mimkes (1939-) is a German metalurgist and solid state thermodynamicist known for his work in the fields of sociological thermodynamics and economic thermodynamics, particularly in reference to phase diagram models of integrations and segregations of cultures in society. [1] Beginning in 1994, Mimkes began to consider the analogy of segregation in populations to the miscibility gap in solutions and alloys. He studied, for instance, the integration and segregation of protestants and catholics in Northern Ireland and come to various conclusions about mixed marriages. His first paper was the 1995 "Binary Alloys as a Model for a Multicultural Society" in the Journal of Thermal Analysis. [2] In political thermodynamics, in 1996, Mimkes authored a 110-page article on "Politics and Thermodynamics". [3]The photo below shows Mimkes lecturing on the applications of thermodynamics in economics at the 2005 Navodari Econophysic Conference. [4]
In the 2006 multi-authored book Econophysics and Sociophysics, Mimkes is the lead author with chapters on “A Thermodynamic Formulation of Economics” and “A Thermodynamic Formulation of Social Science”. [5] References
1. (a) Muller, Ingo. (2007). A History of Thermodynamics - the Doctrine of Energy and Entropy, (pgs. 163-64). New York: Springer.
(b) Jürgen Mimkes (Home Page) - Paderborn University, Department of Physics.
(c) Mimkes' Research: Applied Thermodynamics - Physical-Socio Economics, Paderborn University, Department of Physics.
2. Mimkes, Jürgen. (2005). "Binary Alloys as a Model for a Multicultural Society". Journal of Thermal Analysis, 43. pgs. 521-537.
3. Publications (Mimkes) – Google Translation (German-to-English).
4. Photos of Mimkes - at the 2005 Navodari Econophysic Conference.
5. Chakrabarti, Bikas K. Chakraborti, Anirban, and Chatterjee, Arnab. (2006). Econophysics and Sociophysics: Trends and Perspectives, (“A Thermodynamic Formulation of Economics” (PDF) [ch. 1] and “A Thermodynamic Formulation of Social Science” [ch. 10]). Wiley-VCH.
Further reading
● Mimkes, Jürgen. (2000). “Society as a many-particle System”, J. Thermal Anal. 60.
● Mimkes, Jürgen. (2006). “Concepts of Thermodynamics in Economic Growth” (book chapter) in Lecture Notes in Economic and Mathematical System. Springer.
● Mimkes, Jürgen and Aruka, Y. (2005). “Carnot Process of Wealth Distribution” in Econophysics of Wealth Distributions, edited by A. Chatterjee, S. Yarlagadda, B. Chakrabarti. Springer.
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