Theorems of Quantum Thermodynamics and Quantum Mechanics

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You can generalize the second law to be scaling dependent and apply to systems that don't necessarily have a temperature, et cetera. And I'm trying to work out the consequences of this because in parallel in physics, there's another thing that's happening - quantum thermodynamics. So we are trying to merge this approach from quantum thermodynamics with the approach from constructor theory. We're also planning some experimental demonstrations with some people in Sheffield and in Singapore for example.

I interview Oxford physicist Chiara Marletto, who has been working on constructor theory for several years. She's published papers on its applications to various fields, including those of information, thermodynamics, life, and probability. We discuss the origins and motivations of constructor theory, problems the theory may solve, current research programs, the universal constructor, response to potential criticisms, why constructor theory can explain more of Reality than the prevailing conception, and more.

Constructor Theory Homepage - www.constructortheory.org

Constructor Theory of Thermodynamics - http://constructortheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Thd-ArXiv-2.pdf

Constructor Theory of Probability - http://constructortheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20150883.full_.pdf

Constructor Theory of Life - http://constructortheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ct-life.pdf

Constructor Theory of Information - http://constructortheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ct-info.pdf

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