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Tuesday, August 28, 2012
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Reading Up On Thermodynamics
August 28, 2012 Thermodynamics touch everything that really matters in human life including – most famously – the nature of time. But it is profound and slippery.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
The City As Engine: Energy, Entropy And The Triumph Of Disorder
August 21, 2012 The second law of thermodynamics is a kind of warning to cities and civilization. No matter how clever we are, disorder, waste and pollution will always follow from our work organizing societies into cities.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
13.7: Cosmos And Culture
Sunday Morning Thermodynamics
May 27, 2012 Sunday morning and a young man's thoughts turn to The New York Times, a mountain bike ride and — of course — thermodynamics.
