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Four Paradoxes Involving The Second Law Of Thermodynamics, D. P. Sheehan Jun 1998

Four Paradoxes Involving The Second Law Of Thermodynamics, D. P. Sheehan

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Recently four independent paradoxes have been proposed which appear to challenge the second law of thermodynamics [1-8]. These paradoxes are briefly reviewed. It is shown that each paradox results from a synergism of two broken symmetries - one geometric, one thermodynamic