120 year old fundamental law of Universe that Einstein got wrong has been proven

A physics professor from the Universidad de Sevilla (University of Seville) has tackled a problem in thermodynamics that has been around for more than a century, offering a new proof that also challenges an idea once put forward by Albert Einstein.

José María Martín Olalla’s study, published in The European Physical Journal Plus, focuses on the Nernst heat theorem. This theorem, first stated in 1905, says that as temperature gets closer to absolute zero, the exchange of entropy (a measure of disorder) also gets closer to zero. 

In his paper, Martín Olalla shows that the theorem can be proven using only the second law of thermodynamics, which says that the entropy of the universe always increases.

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Physicist Solves 120-Year-Old Thermodynamics Puzzle and Corrects Einstein

A thermodynamics mystery dating back to 1905 has been resolved by University of Seville professor José María Martín-Olalla, who demonstrates that the Nernst theorem is inherently tied to the second law of thermodynamics. His reinterpretation corrects a long-standing assumption made by Einstein, reframing how physicists understand the behavior of entropy near absolute zero. Credit: SciTechDaily.com

The paper argues that the third principle of thermodynamics follows from the second principle, rather than being a separate or independent concept.

Professor José María Martín-Olalla of the University of Seville has published a paper addressing a thermodynamics problem that has remained unresolved for 120 years. In doing so, he corrects an idea proposed by Albert Einstein more than a century ago.

The paper links Nernst’s theorem, an experimental observation from 1905 stating that entropy exchanges approach zero as temperature approaches zero, directly to the second principle of thermodynamics. Published in The European Physical Journal Plus, the study extends the implications of the second principle, which states that entropy in the universe tends to increase.

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