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From the phenomena of nature described in classical thermodynamics, there follows the conclusion that the macroscopic processes of nature are irreversible.
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Marchesin, A. (2002). The Irreversibility of Natural Processes and the Meaning of the Second Principle of Thermodynamics. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) Life Energies, Forces and the Shaping of Life: Vital, Existential. Analecta Husserliana, vol 74. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0417-6_8
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