Is there a reversibility paradox? Recentering the debate on the thermodynamic time arrow
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Publication:643499
DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.05.002zbMath1223.82029OpenAlexW2026502780MaRDI QIDQ643499
Publication date: 31 October 2011
Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2008.05.002
entropysecond law of thermodynamicsirreversibilityBoltzmanntime asymmetrypast hypothesisreversibility objectiontime arrow
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