Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
>"Atomic hydrogen ordinarily has a stable electronic state that is
>much higher in energy than allowed by thermodynamic laws."
>
>Even if you believe that you can violate the laws of thermodynamics,
>you shouldn't say so in the first sentence.
Actually, it says that the laws of thermodynamics allow one to go below the
"ground state".
In that case it is badly phrased. "[M]uch higher than allowed by . .
." sounds like the author thinks the laws of thermodynamics will not
allow this to happen.
- Jed
