ON AN ALLEGED EXCEPTION TO THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
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عنوان ژورنال: Science
سال: 1883
ISSN: 0036-8075,1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.ns-1.6.160