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To elaborate: I find the following statement of the Second Law of Thermodynamics in Kittel's Thermal Physics: "If a closed system is in a configuration that is not the equilibrium configuration, the most probable consequence will be that the entropy of the system will increase monotonically in...

I've started studying statistical mechanics and thermodynamics on my own, and I'm confused about a few basic concepts. From what I can gather, the following two statements are true about a system in equilibrium: 1. A system is in equilibrium (by definition) when all of its micro-states are...