Entropy and Entropy Production: Old Misconceptions and New Breakthroughs
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Entropy and Entropy Production: Old Misconceptions and New Breakthroughs
Persistent misconceptions existing for dozens of years and influencing progress in various fields of science are sometimes encountered in the scientific and especially, the popular-science literature. The present brief review deals with two such interrelated misconceptions (misunderstandings). The first misunderstanding: entropy is a measure of disorder. This is an old and very common opinion. ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Entropy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1099-4300
DOI: 10.3390/e15041152