  The purpose of this work is to discuss recent progress in deriving the
fundamental laws of thermodynamics (0th, 1st and 2nd-law) from nonequilibrium
quantum statistical mechanics. Basic thermodynamic notions are clarified and
different reversible and irreversible thermodynamic processes are studied from
the point of view of quantum statistical mechanics. Special emphasis is put on
new adiabatic theorems for steady states close to and far from equilibrium, and
on investigating cyclic thermodynamic processes using an extension of Floquet
theory.
