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

@article{Brown2001TheOO,
  title={The Origins of Time-asymmetry in Thermodynamics: The Minus First Law},
  author={H. Brown and J. Uffink},
  journal={Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics},
  year={2001},
  volume={32},
  pages={525-538}
}
  • H. Brown, J. Uffink
  • Published 2001
  • Physics
  • Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
    • 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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