The Origins of Time-Asymmetry in Thermodynamics: The Minus First Law

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Scientific article / Stud. Hist. Philos. Mod. Phys., 2001, Vol. 32, No 4, pp. 525-538.
This paper investigates what the source of time asymmetry is in thermodynamics, and comments on the question whether a time-symmetric formulation of the Second Law is possible.

Author(s): Brown Harvey R., Uffink Jos.

Language: English
Commentary: 1339541
Tags: Физика;Термодинамика, молекулярная и статистическая физика