Bluff your way in the second law of thermodynamics
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Publication:720457
DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00016-8zbMath1222.82012arXivcond-mat/0005327OpenAlexW2103264825MaRDI QIDQ720457
Publication date: 15 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://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0005327
History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of statistical mechanics (82-03)
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