Brown, Harvey R and Uffink, Jos (2001) The Origins of Time-asymmetry in Thermodynamics: The Minus First Law. [Preprint]
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Abstract
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.
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| Keywords: | time-asymmetry, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, second law of thermodynamics | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics | |||||||||
| Depositing User: | Prof Harvey R Brown | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 09 Apr 2001 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2010 15:10 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 217 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics | |||||||||
| Date: | March 2001 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/217 |
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