The 2nd law of thermodynamics has the same degree of truth as the statement that if you throw a tumblerful of water into the sea, you cannot get the … - James Clerk Maxwell

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The 2nd law of thermodynamics has the same degree of truth as the statement that if you throw a tumblerful of water into the sea, you cannot get the same tumblerful of water out again.

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About James Clerk Maxwell

(13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, who formulated the classical theory of , bringing together for the first time electricity, magnetism, and light as manifestations of the same phenomenon.

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