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How many laws has thermodynamics? What is the sense of the entropy notion? Implications for molecular physical chemistry

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Around two hundred years of thermodynamics’ history have been re-analyzed. The priority of thermodynamics by Carnot for the modern scientific research has been stressed.

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    Evgeni B. Starikov

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Starikov, E.B. How many laws has thermodynamics? What is the sense of the entropy notion? Implications for molecular physical chemistry. Monatsh Chem 152, 871–879 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-021-02803-w

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