Arrow of time: Metaphorical construals of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics

Science Education

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 818-848

  Amin, Tamer G ^a   Jeppsson, Fredrik ^b   Haglund, Jesper ^b   Strömdahl, Helge ^b  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84865087895     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.21015     Document Type: Article

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