Natural Engines

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Taconis oscillations,’ the oscillations of some variable stars, and a novel form of engine are all based on cycles that involve an intrinsically irreversible process and a broken thermodynamic symmetry. © 1985, American Institute of Physics. All rights reserved.

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Cox, A. (1985). Natural Engines. Physics Today, 38(8), 50–58. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.880985

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