ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] When deciding how particles move and interact, nature has an affinity for minimum values. In newtonian mechanics, particles choose trajectories that minimize action, a quantity with the dimensions energy × time. In thermodynamics, a collection of particles at a fixed volume and temperature will ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/440433a
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