Quantum Limits to the Second Law: First International Conference on Quantum Limits to the Second Law, San Diego, California, 28-31 July 2002

by Thomas A. Mauet

The Second Law of Thermodynamics (the law of increasing disorder) is fundamental to all the sciences and is considered inviolable by the general scientific community. This volume represents the first book in an emerging renaissance of second law studies. It covers the first international conference in more than 100 years - and perhaps, ever - to explore challenges to the second law's absolute status and to many unresolved foundational issues surrounding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735400989
• ISBN13: 9780735400986
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: American Institute of Physics
• Length: 507 Pages