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Balancing entropy and expansion

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  1. Cornell University, USA

    Peter L. Auer (professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)

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He has served as special consultant to the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and with the Federal Energy Office and the Federal Energy Agency. He is an editor of the journalPlasma Physics and an associate editor ofEnergy—The International Journal.

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Auer, P.L. Balancing entropy and expansion. Society 15, 39–43 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03180999

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