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| April 2008 video (2:14) by English physical chemist Peter Atkins on the four laws of thermodynamics. |
In
thermodynamics, the
laws of thermodynamics define the rules of
temperature equivalence (
zeroth law),
energy conservation (
first law),
entropy tendencies (
second law), and conditions for an absence of temperature (
third law). [1] The
combined law of thermodynamics is the combination of the four laws in one expression. In some marginal publications, one can also find a
fourth law,
fifth law,law, sixth law, or seventh law of thermodynamics, etc., among other variations.
Laws of human thermodynamics See main: Laws of human thermodynamics
A common misconception arrived at when first thinking or theorizing about the conception of a
science of "
human thermodynamics", is to believe that there are some sort of special "
laws of human thermodynamics". The first to arrive at this view was English physicist
Charles Galton Darwin in his 1952 book
The Next Million Years. [2]
References1. Atkins, Peter. (2007
). Four Laws - that Drive the Universe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2.
Darwin, Charles G. (1952). The Next Million Years (pg. 26), (Scribd). London: Rupert Hart-Davis.External links● 10+ Variations of the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics - Institute of Human Thermodynamics
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30+ Variations of the First Law of Thermodynamics - Institute of Human Thermodynamics
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110+ Variations of the Second Law of Thermodynamics - Institute of Human Thermodynamics
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20+ Variations of the Third Law of Thermodynamics - Institute of Human Thermodynamics
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15+ Variations of the Fourth Law of Thermodynamics - Institute of Human Thermodynamics
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