Holistic Reasoning The Second Law of Thermodynamics
It Can Be Challenged, But Cannot Be Violated*More at www.kostic.niu.edu
SPEAKING Enquiry
"It is crystal-clear (to me) that all confusions related to the far-reaching fundamental Laws of Thermodynamics, and especially the Second Law, are due to the lack of their genuine and subtle comprehension."
Definition of The 2nd Law: The useful-energy (non-equilibrium work potential) cannot be created from within equilibrium alone or otherwise, it only can be transferred between systems (ideally conserved) and dissipated into thermal energy thus generating entropy.
Invited Lecture: “Holistic Reasoning and Generalization of the Second Law of Energy Degradation and Entropy Generation," Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University (Wiki), Beijing, China, December 16, 2011. See: Photos *Presentation and Abstract. *Also NIUToday <http://goo.gl/PKzt2>
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AIPC.1411..327K
"Revisiting The Second Law of Energy Degradation and Entropy Generation: From Sadi Carnot’s Ingenious Reasoning to Holistic Generalization," (right-click and save the linked PDF file on your local drive, if link doesn't open; see also NIU Brief). Photos>PPT Presentation. The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Status and Challenges Symposium (PDF...more), within wider The 92nd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), at University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, June 14-15, 2011.
Second Law Seminar at University of Illinois at Chicago, September 4, 2009.