LawsOfThermodynamics
Laws of Thermodynamics
- energy is conserved.
' statistically but not locally in the quantum. ' ecology of information excludes systems that lose information
- entropy (disorder) tends to increase. (energy differences decrease)
' heat flows from hot places to cold places ' systems tend to lose information (organization) ' everything breaks down, (except protons apparently). ' nonlinear quantum operations foil information loss, except locally.
- temperature cannot reach absolute zero
' complete disorder is foiled by fluctuations from equilibrium, even a change to zero is a change that must have an equal and opposite reaction. ' perfect crystals have zero entropy ' a thermodynamic system will never stop
Sir Arthur Edmonton(?) said something like:
If your theory disagrees with establish science, do not fret, the existing theories are most probably wrong anyway. If your answers disagree with experiment, there is still hope, the data is often in error. But if your theory contradicts the second law of thermodynamics, abandon all hope.
This concerned me when I invented the WhitescarverClock until I figured out that the second law was not really violated. -- JimScarver
John Wheeler et al proved that entropy in statistical thermodynamics is equivalent to entropy in information theory.
The third law of thermodynamics insures that event time never ends. It also says that a perfect crystal has zero entropy. The only thing in the universe that may not decay is a proton. Perhaps a proton is a perfect hyper tetrahedron.
'Murphy's Law of Thermodynamics:' Things get worse under pressure.