The origins of time-asymmetry in thermodynamics: The minus first law

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Author：Brown, HR; Uffink, J

Article Title：The origins of time-asymmetry in thermodynamics: The minus first law

Abstract：
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. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keywords: thermodynamics; entropy; second law; statistical mechanics

DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00021-1

Source：STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN PHYSICS

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