Open AccessMaxwell Zombies: Mulling and Mauling the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Author(s) -
D. P. Sheehan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of scientific exploration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0892-3310
DOI - 10.31275/20201645
Subject(s) - second law of thermodynamics , thermodynamics , laws of thermodynamics , philosophy , law , theoretical physics , physics , non equilibrium thermodynamics , political science
Over the last decade two new classes of thermodynamic paradoxes have been investigated at University of San Diego involving the recently identified phenomena of {\em epicatalysis} and {\em supradegeneracy}. These paradoxes add to a growing list of challenges to the second law of thermodynamics begun in the early 1990s.