In thermodynamics, Howard Reiss (c.1934-) is an American physical chemist noted for his 1965 Methods of Thermodynamics, the second chapter of which, entitled “Mathematical Apparatus”, he gives a fairly decent overview of mathematical thermodynamics on the mathematical structure underlying thermodynamics.
Education Reiss completed his PhD at Columbia University and is currently is a physical chemistry professor emeritus of the University of California, Los Angeles. [2]