On the second law of thermodynamics

DOI10.1007/BF02186840zbMath0850.53019MaRDI QIDQ1906407

Roger Penrose

Publication date: 19 March 1996

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Weyl curvature hypothesistime asymmetry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

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