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A Fresh Look at Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

A Fresh Look at Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

In days long gone, the second law of thermodynamics (which predated the first law) was regarded as perhaps the most perfect and unassailable law in physics. It was even supposed to have philosophical import: It has been hailed for providing a proof of the existence of God (who started the …