The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Fuzziness of Time at the Nanoscale
Channel: ComplexinautShaun
Date: 2011-08-12

I had to come up with some justification on the fly toward the end because it wasn't explained very clearly in the paper... so it's probably wrong! The piston-and-cylinder system is actually a pretty shoddy example of what I wanted to illustrate, but it was a little too late to change, haha. Shoot me a correction (or questions you have) in the comments or, better yet, on the discussion thread on Ayloo! The thread is located at: http://ayloo.net/post/25889/the-second-law-of-thermodynamics-and-the-fuzziness-of-time

Here's a link to the original paper for the curious few: http://www.chem.umd.edu/files/chem/doc/Jarzynski_AnnuRevCondMattPhys_2_329_2011.pdf