Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-1998
Journal Title
Journal of Scientific Exploration
Volume Number
12
Issue Number
2
First Page
303
Last Page
314
Version
Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting
Disciplines
Physics
Abstract
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
Digital USD Citation
Sheehan, D. P., "Four Paradoxes Involving the Second Law of Thermodynamics" (1998). Physics and Biophysics: Faculty Scholarship. 8.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/phys-faculty/8