In hmolscience, Alberto Patino Douce (c.1951-) is an American geologist noted for 2011 thermodynamics discussions on the thermodynamics of extraterrestrial life.
Overview
In 2011, Douce, in his Thermodynamics of Earth and Planets, employed a “chemistry and physics first” model of teaching and understanding to explain everything else, concluding with a final chapter on thermodynamics and life, inclusive of a section on speculations on extraterrestrial life from the point of view of free energy gradients and chemical potentials.
In human physics, Douce states that his research interests include the application of statistical physics to human societies. [1]
Education
Douce complete his undergraduate work at the University of Buenos Aires in 1975 and PhD in geological sciences at the University of Origin in 1990. Douce currently is a professor of geology at the University of Georgia. [2]
References
1. Douce, Alberto P. (2011). Thermodynamics of Earth and Planets (abs). Cambridge University Press.
2. Albeto E. Patino Douce (faculty) – University of Georgia.
