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"Phenomenological" theories: thermodynamics
Hello, I was reading A. O. Barut's Electrodynamics and Classical Theory of Fields and Particles and was interested by a phrase he used, "'atomistic' physical theories - in contrast to phenomenological theories like thermodynamics - ...". What could be meant here by "phenomenological theories like thermodynamics"? I have a vague sense of what Barut meant, but any more insight would be very helpful.
Hello, I was reading A. O. Barut's Electrodynamics and Classical Theory of Fields and Particles and was interested by a phrase he used, "'atomistic' physical theories - in contrast to phenomenological theories like thermodynamics - ...". What could be meant here by "phenomenological theories like thermodynamics"? I have a vague sense of what Barut meant, but any more insight would be very helpful.