...area of applicability. Therefore the deep impression which classical thermodynamics made upon me. It is the only physical theory of universal content concerning...applicability of its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown."3 In an attempt to reaffirm the second law as a pillar of physics in its own right, we...

...area of applicability. Therefore the deep impression which classical thermodynamics made upon me. It is the only physical theory of universal content concerning...of its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown. [Quoted in Schlipp, 1959, p. 33] An even more emphatic statement to the same effect came from Sir Arthur...

...theatre, rarely does one find such melodrama. Einstein [72] [Classical thermodynamics] is the only theory of universal content concerning which I am convinced that, within the framework of applicability of its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown. Eddington [73] The law that entropy...

...area of applicability. Therefore the deep impression which classical thermodynamics made upon me. It is the only physical theory of universal content concerning...of its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown (for the special attention of those who are skeptics on principle). The most fascinating subject at...

...phenomena. This was recognised for example by Albert Einstein who referred to thermodynamics as "... the only physical theory of universal content concerning...which I am convinced that, within the framework of applicability of its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown" (Einstein, 1949). Thermodynamics...

...introduced the book with a quote from Albert Einstein (Schilpp 1949), which read in part that "classical thermodynamics. . .is the only physical theory of...its basic concepts, it will never be overthrown." An important qualification to this statement is the phrase "within the framework of the applicability...