My son (doing a theoretical physics PhD) tends to quote Pirates of the
Caribbean on this and say that it is not so much a rule as "more what
you'd call guidelines"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6kgS_AwuH0
Nigel
On 13/09/2014 19:47, H Veeder wrote:
Research (published in the peer reviewed journals Physical Review E
and Foundations of Physics) mentioned on the MFMP site argues that the
second law of thermodynamics is not a law but only a rule of thumb.
http://www.quantumheat.org/index.php/en/follow/old-experiments/follow-2/412-2nd-rule-of-thumb-of-thermodynamics
Harry