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Evolution and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
When I was attending Louisiana Tech University, I attended a class called Classical Thermodynamics as part of the Electrical Engineering curriculum. One of the curious things about the class was the particular book we used authored by Dr. Gordon J. Van Wylen and Dr. Richard E. Sonntag (Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics). This textbook was in its second edition then. I just checked and it is still available (7th edition) and considered the leading textbook in its field.
At the end of the chapter on the Second Law of Thermodynamics the authors state the following:
The final point to be made is that the second law of thermodynamics and the principle of the increase of entropy have philosophical implications. {skipped text} The authors see the second law of thermodynamics as man’s description of the prior and continuing work of the creator, who also holds the answer to the future destiny of man and the universe.