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Since the mid-1990s, more than three dozen systems have advanced into
the refereed scientific literature purporting to challenge the absolute
status of the second law of thermodynamics. Many have strong experimental support and follow a common template. The talk explores this template as a framework for understanding second law devices and as a possible roadmap for future ones.
Dr. Sheehan earned his B.S. in Chemistry at Santa Clara University
(1981, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Ph.D. in Physics at U.C.
Irvine (1987); he has been teaching at the University of San Diego
since 1989. His areas of research include basic plasma physics,
planetary formation, nanotechnology, the physics of time, and
experimentally testable challenges to the second law of thermodynamics.
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Since the mid-1990s, more than three dozen systems have advanced into
the refereed scientific literature purporting to challenge the absolute
status of the second law of thermodynamics. Many have strong experimental support and follow a common template. The talk explores this template as a framework for understanding second law devices and as a possible roadmap for future ones.
Dr. Sheehan earned his B.S. in Chemistry at Santa Clara University
(1981, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and Ph.D. in Physics at U.C.
Irvine (1987); he has been teaching at the University of San Diego
since 1989. His areas of research include basic plasma physics,
planetary formation, nanotechnology, the physics of time, and
experimentally testable challenges to the second law of thermodynamics.
Join the SSE to support to support the Society’s commitment to maintain an open professional forum for researchers at the edge of conventional science: scientificexploration.org/join
The SSE provides a forum for original research into cutting edge and unconventional areas. Views and opinions belong only to the speakers, and are not necessarily endorsed by the SSE.
