The second law of thermodynamics: Entropy, irreversibility and dynamics

Nature

Volumn 333, Issue 6172, 1988, Pages 409-415

  Coveney, Peter V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICS - CONTINUOUS MEDIA; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS - APPLICATIONS;

IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0024276203     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/333409a0     Document Type: Review

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