Roman Frigg (LSE Philosophy) and David A. Lavis (King’s College) have published their new book “The Fundamentals of Thermodynamics” with Springer Nature. The new book takes a look at the foundational ...

A recent experiment shows how quantum mechanics can make heat flow from a cold body to a hot one, an apparent (though not real) violation of the second law of thermodynamics. Some laws aren’t meant to ...

AT the present time, when considerable attention is being given to the industrial importance and value of chemistry, it is very necessary to emphasise the factors which not alone place chemical ...