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MARTINEZ-CASTILLA, León P.  e  MARTINEZ-KAHN, Mayo. Darwin and the development of another Thermodynamics Law. Educ. quím [online]. 2010, vol.21, n.3, pp.230-237. ISSN 0187-893X.

Stimulated by Darwin's year, the authors reviewed literature pertaining to biological thermodynamics. They found Rod Swenson's articles with his concept of the Law of Maximum Production of Entropy that may conduct to the possible establishment of the Fourth Law of Thermodynamics.

Palavras-chave : thermodynamics; law of maximum production of entropy (LMEP, MEP, MEPP); fourth law of thermodynamics; Darwin; evolution.