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Three Ways to Measure a System That Refuses to Settle Down

Fluctuation theorems, stochastic thermodynamics, and large-deviation theory all quantify nonequilibrium behavior, but they answer different questions and demand different data — none of them is a substitute for the others.

By Brecht Corbeel · September 13, 2026 · 12 min read

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