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Old 14-11-2008, 11:08 AM
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The direction of time is important in thermodynamics particularly the second law which states the entropy of a system not in equilibrium must increase.

A practical demonstration of this law is that heat flows from a hot body to a cold body.

Violating the second law by reversing the direction of time leads to a major paradox:- the perpetual motion machine.

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