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The thermodynamical arrow of time is characterized by the increase of entropy according to the Second Law, postulated by Clausius in 1865 on the basis of Carnot’s cycle.
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Zeh, H.D. (2001). The Thermodynamical Arrow of Time. In: The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38861-6_4
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