The origins of time-asymmetry in thermodynamics: The Minus first law
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B 32 (4):525-538 (2001)
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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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