The physics and mathematics of the second law of thermodynamics

Physics Report

Volumn 310, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-96

  Lieb, Elliott H ^a   Yngvason, Jakob ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

05.70. a; Entropy; MSC 80A05; MSC 80A10; Second law; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001930137     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(98)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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