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7 - Thermodynamics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2022

Jason Rosenhouse
Jason Rosenhouse
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James Madison University, Virginia
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Anti-evolutionists sometimes use principles of thermodynamics in making their case. Though thermodynamics is normally considered a branch of physics, it has a strongly mathematical character that justifies its inclusion in this book. We discuss the basics of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, and then explain why the anti-evolutionist version is such a caricature.

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Theromdynamicsentropyfirst lawsecond lawreversible processequilibriumstatistical mechanics
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The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism , pp. 221 - 266
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Thermodynamics
  • Jason Rosenhouse, James Madison University, Virginia
  • Book: The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism
  • Online publication: 28 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907149.008
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  • Thermodynamics
  • Jason Rosenhouse, James Madison University, Virginia
  • Book: The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism
  • Online publication: 28 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907149.008
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  • Thermodynamics
  • Jason Rosenhouse, James Madison University, Virginia
  • Book: The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism
  • Online publication: 28 April 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907149.008
Available formats
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