Blogs about: Second Law
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"Saving" Energy
Can we “save” energy? Of course not. We cannot “save” energy as the first law of thermodynamics explains: energy is conserved no matter what we do. The only thing we can do to … more →
The Second Law of Life
Fundamental Principles of Science
Philip wrote 1 month ago: When thinking of science the first scientific principle that comes to many peoples minds are the law … more →
Does the second law of thermodynamics imply a fundamental randomness to the universe?
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wgreen wrote 3 months ago: As I see it, the second law states that in every process the distribution of energy in the universe … more →
Thermodynamics Vs Evolution: The Grudge Match
Scepticon wrote 4 months ago: The law that entropy always increases holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. … more →
Conservation of Momentum
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Mark Eichenlaub wrote 4 months ago: Here’s something that’s in textbooks, but they tend to leave out lots of little bits and … more →
"Saving" Energy
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John wrote 6 months ago: Can we “save” energy? Of course not. We cannot “save” energy as the first la … more →
Answer: Surface Brightness
Mark Eichenlaub wrote 8 months ago: As always, check out the question. A simple explanation for why surface brightness cannot increase i … more →
Finally... one who breaks the second law of thermodynamics...
lilboy wrote 9 months ago: A sponsor company left their pamphlets at my thesis conference dinner last night. Three times more … more →
Copolymerization, information, second law and Maxwell's demon
Guru wrote 1 year ago: In the latest issue of PNAS, David Andrieux and Pierre Gaspard write about the nonequilibirum proces … more →
Connect to the universe with system thinking
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salon moderator wrote 1 year ago: Creativity comes from the discovery of patterns, and patterns are found through system thinking. The … more →
Inertia and Irreversibility
claudio wrote 1 year ago: It’s usually held that Mechanics belongs to the Reversibility domain and the time-symmetry o … more →
Media's Second Law of Thermodynamics
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un1crom wrote 1 year ago: “Why did you {them, this company, those guys, that company, this group} do this?” Yup, t … more →
Can We Recycle Energy? (Or The Role of The Entropy Law)
John wrote 2 years ago: In previous blogs I have explained how entropy could be calculated from the amount of heat exchang … more →
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
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John wrote 2 years ago: Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen was born in Romania in 1906 and lived until 1994. Although he obtained a P … more →
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