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The foundations of thermodynamics. Its basic postulates and implications. A review of modern thermodynamics
(1977)Acta MechanicaThis article reviews modern theories of irreversible thermodynamics. It is known that the second law of thermodynamics is not a unique statement defined by precise rules. On the contrary, there are various versions of the second law and, likewise, also various degrees of generality to which these are exploited. All these laws express some notion of irreversibility and the implications drawn from them necessarily differ from each other. ...Review Article