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Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics!
Chemist Frank L. Lambert gives an accessible introduction to the second law of thermodynamics. It includes a section on evolution and the second law. The same author also has written a much longer treatment of the second law and Entropy is Simple... which deals with some road blocks to understanding the second law.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics in the Context of the Christian Faith
A chemical engineer with strong background in thermodynamics who is also an evangelical Christian debunks creationist thermodynamics claims.
Entropy, God and Evolution
A physicist and Christian shows that argument that evolution violates the second law is wrong.
Evolution versus a basic law of nature
ChristainAnswers.Net presentation of the claim that evolution violates the second law.
Thermodynamics vs. Evolutionism
Creationist rebuttal to two FAQs in this section by Timothy Wallace of the True.Origin Archive.
January 2003 Feedback: Ilya Prigogine Quote
Chris Ho-Stuart replies to an apparent copy-and-paste from the Wallace article which quotes out-of-context a winner of the Nobel Prize in physics.
The Second Law of Thermodynamics: Answers to Critics
Jonathan Sarfati of Answers in Genesis tries to support the use of the second law to refute evolution.
Creationism Versus Physical Science
Physicist Stephen G. Brush writing for The American Physical Society shows that creationism is as much a threat to physics as it is a threat to biology. He deals with thermodynamics and other physical claims that evolution deniers make.
Thermodynamics for Two, Please
R.J. Riggins gives us a light-hearted look at thermodynamics for the technically challenged.

Creationists have long argued that evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics and thus is impossible. The following FAQs address why that is not true.

Five Major Misconceptions about Evolution: Evolution violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics

A short and to-the-point answer to this creationist claim.

An Index to Creationist Claims: 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and Information Theory

Brief replies to various thermodynamics claims by antievolutionists.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Evolution, and Probability

Does evolution violate the second law of thermodynamics? Creationists say yes. This article describes in detail why the creationists are wrong.

Attributing False Attributes to Thermodynamics

Creationists have created a 'voodoo' thermodynamics based solely on metaphors in order to convince those not familiar with real thermodynamics that their sectarian religious views have scientific validity.

Entropy, Disorder and Life

Can the mathematically quantifiable concept of entropy be equated to the common-sense notion of "disorder" in any meaningful way? John Pieper answers this question, incorporating Boltzmann's entropy equation and the field of science called statistical mechanics, concluding that the only way "disorder" is defined in a thermodynamic sense is no help to creationists' arguments against evolution.


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