Stable Equilibrium / Resource Studies University of Waterloo Waterloo / /
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nonequilibrium systems / physical and chemical systems / stable complex systems / chemical systems / chemical equilibrium / energy degradation / gradients maintaining systems / outside energy / free energy / open thermodynamic systems / external energy / energy flow / chemical kinetic systems / funnel energy / classic temperature-volume-pressure systems / energy microstates / chemical processes / restated second law / primitive physical systems / reformulated second law / classical second law / energy systems / to complex systems / solar energy / chemical reaction / autocatalytic chemical reactions / quantum systems / much more complex thermodynamic systems / closed isolated systems / physical systems / physical and chemical processes / energy / equilibrium complex systems / /
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SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS ERIC D. SCHNEIDER National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington / D.C. / U.S.A. JAMES J. KAY Environment and Resource Studies University of Waterloo Waterloo / /
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Eric Schneider / Erwin Schrödinger / James Kay Life / James J. Kay / A. JAMES J. KAY / /
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radiation / THERMODYNAMICS / lasers / heat transfer / /
LIFE AS A MANIFESTATION OF THE SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS ERIC D. SCHNEIDER National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Washington, D.C., U.S.A. JAMES J. KAY