#thermodynamics — Public Fediverse posts

French military scientist Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, who died OTD in 1832, is described as the "father of #thermodynamics" https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/electricity/?s=mb #travel #France #history

#Science #NoFreeLunch #ThermoDynamics #Undefeated

Phoenix painted roads white to test the effects. Ambient temps dropped 12 degrees...but pedestrian heat effects *rose* 5 degrees from the increased/reflected radiation.

The problem is cars.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/in-2020-phoenix-coated-36-miles-of-roads-to-fight-extreme-heat-surfaces-became-12f-cooler-at-noon-but-heat-exposure-for-pedestrians-rose-5-5f/articleshow/133443095.cms

somewhat sexist language that actually has a point

also, if you know you know:

For some reason Richard Feynman (yes, that Feynman) took a liking to a MIT student and his new company, Thinking Machines

So one day Feynman, in true Feynman style, is sitting on the floor at the company doing grunt work - maybe assembling parts

a woman with a PhD in physics from MIT walks by and Feynman barks at her "soup" and holds out his bowl

the woman calmly takes the bowl and returns with soup

a friend, who had seen all this, says in amazement: I can't beleive you let anyone, even Richard Feynman, talk to you like that

the woman with a Physics PhD from MIT replied: Feynman is the only person who was ever explained thermo to me in a way that made any sense

#Thermodynamics

A novel aviation biofuel synthesized from discarded coconuts using a co-solvent method, which can be blended with conventional jet fuel (Jet A-1) without compromising engine performance.
#Bioengineering #ChemicalEngineering #Thermodynamics #EnvironmentalScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/beng08202601.html

The article provided focuses on how macroscopic thermodynamic principles operate at the microscopic quantum level, particularly in systems utilizing light (photons) instead of conventional gases or fluids.
#QuantumPhysics #Thermodynamics #Optics #Photonics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/08/qs08182601.html

அனைவருக்குமான இயற்பியல் இயக்கம், வெப்பம் (Physics For Everyone Motion, Heat In Tamil ) by எல். லாண்டாவோ (L. Landau); அ. கிட்டகரோட்ஸ்கி (A. Kitaigorodsky)

We have tried to write this book in a light and simple style, not denying ourselves the pleasure of an occasional joke with the reader. But this does not in any way mean that our Physics for Everyone is an easy book. Many of its pages must be read attentively for a long time; in order to understand physics, one must very often think hard and tensely.

The book’s main concern is the fundamental laws and concepts of physics. However, we have tried not to forget about illustrations from life and technology, true, not having the aim of dealing in any way with the inexhaustible field of applied physics.

நாங்கள் இந்தப் புத்தகத்தை இலகுவான மற்றும் எளிய பாணியில் எழுத முயன்றுள்ளோம், வாசகருடன் பொழுதுபோக்கு செய்யும் occasional ஜோக்குகளை நாங்கள் தவறவில்லை. ஆனால் இது எங்கள் ‘எல்லோருக்கும் புவியியல்’ ஒரு எளிய புத்தகம் என்பதை பொருளல்ல. அதன் பல பக்கங்களை கவனமாகவும் நீண்ட நேரம் வாசிக்க வேண்டும்; புவியியலைப் புரிந்துகொள்ள, பல முறை தீவிரமாகவும் சிந்திக்க வேண்டும்.

இந்த புத்தகத்தின் முதன்மை கவனம் புவியியலின் அடிப்படை விதிமுறைகள் மற்றும் கருத்துக்களிலேயே உள்ளது. அதே நேரத்தில், வாழ்க்கையிலிருந்து மற்றும் தொழில்நுட்பத்திலிருந்து எடுத்துக்காட்டுகளை மறக்காமல் இருக்க நாம் முயற்சித்துள்ளோம், ஆனால் வரையறுக்க முடியாத ஆபரேஷனல் புவியியல் பற்றிய விரிவான விவாதத்தை எங்களது நோக்கமாக வைத்திருக்கவில்லை.

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কেলাসের গঠন (Molecules – Physics For Everyone Vol 2 In Bengali) by ল. লানদাউ; আ. কিতাইগারোদস্কি (A. Kitaigorodsky)

The book is devoted mainly to a study of the structure of matter dealt with from various aspects. The atom, however, remains, for the time being, indivisible particle conceived by Democritus of ancient Greece. Problems related to motion of molecules are considered, of course, because they are the basis of modern knowledge of thermal motion. Attention has been given, well, to problems concerning phase transitions.

এই বইটি মূলত পদার্থের গঠন অধ্যয়নের বিভিন্ন দিক নিয়ে নিবেদিত। তবে, প্রাচীন গ্রীসের দেমোক্রিটাসের কল্পিত অবিভাজ্য কণিকা হিসেবে পরমাণু বর্তমানে সেই অবস্থায় রয়ে গেছে। অণুর গতির সাথে সম্পর্কিত সমস্যাগুলি অবশ্যই বিবেচনা করা হয়েছে, কারণ এগুলি তাপগতির আধুনিক জ্ঞানের ভিত্তি। পর্যায় পরিবর্তনের সাথে সম্পর্কিত সমস্যাগুলোর প্রতিও যথেষ্ট গুরুত্ব দেওয়া হয়েছে।

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🎭 When 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘴 meets #Art, quantum magic happens! ✨ Explore the #universe where #thermodynamics shapes aesthetics and #entropy crafts beauty. From #fractals to cosmic symmetry, #science is the ultimate creator. 🌌 Discover the #Wissenschaft behind the masterpieces! 🎨⚛️ #PhysicsArt #Stem #SciArt

The Physics of Keeping Thermal Power Stations Cool

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/10/the-physics-of-keeping-thermal-power-stations-cool/

АНТРОПОЛОГИЯ, ANTHROPOLOGY, АНТРОПОЛОГІЯ
#АНТРОПОЛОГИЯ, #ANTHROPOLOGY, #АНТРОПОЛОГІЯ
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/542

Thermodynamics, statistical physics
Термодинамика, статистическая физика
Термодинаміка, статистична фізика
#Thermodynamics, #statistical physics
#Термодинамика, #статистическаяфизика
#Термодинаміка, #статистичнафізика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/541

PQm Quantum mechanics
Квантовая механика
Квантова механіка
#Quantum mechanics
#Квантоваямеханика
#Квантовамеханіка
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/540

PQft Quantum field theory
Квантовая теория поля
Квантова теорія поля
#Quantum field theory
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/539

Фазовые переходы
Phase_transitions, Фазовіпереходи
#Фазовые переходы
#Phase transitions, #Фазовіпереходи
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/538

Пиротехника, Піротехніка, Pyrotechnics
#Пиротехника, #Піротехніка, #Pyrotechnics
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/537

Астрономия, Астрономія, Astronomy
#Астрономия, #Астрономія, #Astronomy
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/536

PPop Popular-level
Популярная физика
Популярна Фізика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/535

PG General courses
Общие курсы
Загальні курси
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/534

PPl Plasma Плазма
Физика плазмы
#Plasma #Плазма
#Физика плазмы
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/533

PPh Philosophy of Physics
Философия физики,
Філософія фізики
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/532

POs Oscillations and waves
Колебания и волны
Коливання і хвилі
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/531

PNu Nuclear Physics
Ядерна фізика
Ядерная физика
#Nuclear Physics
#Ядернафізика
#Ядернаяфизика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/530

PNc Nonlinear chaos
Нелинейный хаос
Нелінійний хаос
#Nonlinear chaos
#Нелинейныйхаос
#Нелінійнийхаос
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/529

PM Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics
Атомна молекулярна та оптична Фізика
Атомная молекулярная и оптическая физика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/528

PGrc Cosmology
Космология
Космологія
#Cosmology
#Космология
#Космологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/527

PGr Gravitation
Гравитация
Гравітація
#Gravitation
#Гравитация
#Гравітація
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/526

PGe Encyclopaediae physics
Енциклопедія
Энциклопедии
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/525

PE Electromagnetism
Електромагнетизм
Электромагнетизм
#Electromagnetism
#Електромагнетизм
#Электромагнетизм
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/523

PD Dynamical systems
Динамические системы
Динамічна система
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/522

PCh Chemical physics
Хімічна фізика
Химическая физика
#Chemical physics
#Хімічнафізика
#Химическаяфизика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/521

PCtm Theoretical mechanics
Теоретическая механика
Теоретична механіка
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/520

PCstr Special relativity
Спеціальна теорія відносності
Специальная теория относительности
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/519

PCft Classical fields
Классические поля, классическая теория поля, класична теорія поля
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/518

I keep coming back to this relatively unknown Australian dissertation -- it's about doctor-patient relations dangerously being interfered with by penny-pinching admins (residents of Eugene, Oregon are familiar with this).

160 pages in, he wants to discuss patient suffering as an #entropy avoidance signaling system. >>

"Only within an arguable and extensive ontological frame can I then begin to make sense of the core question of how an administrative intervention has impacted on doctors’ perception of their relationships with patients."

"It will be proposed in the course of this chapter that suffering in human beings, in thermodynamic terms, constitutes a rapid increase in entropy. High rates of entropy threaten the overall viability of the organism. Rapid changes in entropy activate restorative homeostatic processes which includes recruiting the help of others. States of high entropy or rapid rates of entropic increase can be ‘reversed’ (that is, suffering can be relieved) through the introduction, from external sources, of intentional non-random energy (including new information) into the human biological system."

"Humans can signal to others that they are experiencing rapid increases in entropy (i.e. that they are suffering). In this framing, hospital Emergency Departments are places where extreme states of entropy (suffering) are concentrated as the suffering patient expresses a need for, and recruits, external inputs of restorative and transmutative energies."

"Through the act of suffering, humans can be conceived of as being bound together ethically, in that the route of concern for the suffering of others lies in seeing this as similar to the suffering of oneself. "

Katzir-Katchalsky is quoted: "Life is a constant struggle against the tendency to produce entropy by irreversible processes. The synthesis of large and information-rich macromolecules, the formation of intricately structured cells, the development of organisation — all these are powerful anti-entropic forces. But since there is no possibility of escaping the entropic doom imposed upon all natural phenomena under the Second Law of #thermodynamics, living organisms choose the least evil — they produce entropy at a minimal rate by maintaining a steady state."

<< #Ethics consists in readiness to serve the #homeostasis -- temporary reduction of rate of entropy -- of others.

Wow.

So, doctors (or anyone providing a service) address the homeostasis of clients. Management encounters institutional entropy due to energy outflow to clients, and attempts to address that. Over time, a hospital (or any institution) becomes entirely absorbed in strategies to maintain its own homeostasis and that of its upper management and the institutions and investors supplying it energy ostensibly intended to assist the clients. So there is an ethical/unethical tension built into any service system.

Five stars for this dissertation. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ >>

The Entropy of Suffering V1.2 .pages - uws_55187.pdf

https://researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfiles/portal/94911726/uws_55187.pdf

Understanding Entropy Through Probability and Thermodynamics

📰 Original title: What Is Entropy, Really?

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/understanding-entropy-through-probability-and-thermodynamics.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#science #entropy #thermodynamics #probability

Rosie on the House: Seeking the comfortable desert dwelling

What can centuries of homes teach us? The Puebloans built clustered stone-and-earth communities with thick walls, small windows…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #Airconditioning #arizona #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #building #buildingengineering #buildinginsulation #Climate #courtyard #desert #Design #Entertainment #heat #Humidity #PassiveCooling #Thermodynamics
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/784055/

What Is Entropy, Really?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-entropy-really/

There will NOT be large scale datacenters in space until we have permanent bases in space where we can mine, refine and manufacturer to raw materials without having to launch them out of our gravity well.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/orbital-data-centers-heat

The economics and brutal physics of space agree.

#sciencefiction #thermodynamics #space #spaceKaren

Microwave Cavities and Detectors for Axion Research: Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop (Springer Proceedings in Physics Book 211) by Carosi (PDF)
Author: Carosi
File Type: PDF
Download at https://sci-books.com/microwave-cavities-and-detectors-for-axion-research-proceedings-of-the-2nd-international-workshop-springer-proceedings-in-physics-book-211-b07fkclq71/
#Thermodynamics, #Carosi

A novel, hybrid aluminum-and-rubber device that renders three-dimensional objects invisible to infrared cameras by actively guiding heat around them from any direction.
#MaterialsScience #Thermodynamics #MechanicalEngineering #CivilEngineering #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/ms07132601.html

Programmable thermal radiation refers to the ability to independently control the absorption and emission of heat, allowing thermal energy to be directed, switched on and off, and stored like data in a microchip. This circumvents the traditional thermodynamic rule of reciprocity, which dictates that a material must absorb and emit heat symmetrically.
#MaterialsScience #Thermodynamics #Photonics #OpticalEngineering
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/07/ms07072601.html

Releyendo "El orden del tiempo", de Carlo Rovelli
#quantumphysics #quantummechanics #thermodynamics

🔥😈 #MakingFireWith #AirParticles: Why Maxwell's Demon Is Absolutely #Spooky!

📺 Interview: https://youtu.be/TPCADLkSBWM

📎 Information: https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/03/12/grenzen_physik_psychologie

#Maxwell'sDemon #WalterVonLucadou #Physics #Psychology #Parapsychology #Zoomposium #QuantumPhysics #Embodiment #Hauntings #Thermodynamics #SystemsTheory #Epistemology #FringeScience #Entanglement #philosophies_de

Barely able to disguise my contempt when a colleague happily announced their 'heat hack' of taking remote meetings to the car, engine running and AC howling because it's the only way they have available to remain comfortable for the duration.

How frightfully ingenious to make your problems everybody else's problems. Well done!

#Heatwave #Thermodynamics #Pollution #Climate

Surendra Saxena passed away last week at the age of 89.

He was prominent in the field of Thermodynamics of Natural Systems; both the theory & applications, ranging from nebular condensation to properties and processes within the Earth’s crust and deep interior. He also established a laser-heated diamond anvil laboratory for experimental studies under ultra-high pressure-temperature conditions.

Excerpt from MSA-talk by Jiba Ganguly & Yingwei Fei

#Thermodynamics #EarthScience #MaterialScience

Happy birthday to #physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)! He dreamt up his demon to deal with the very odd 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (which is not a law like others, and can not be derived from first priciples). It states that two bodies of different temperature brought together in a closed system will reach thermal equilibrium; or, you cannot use a cold thing to 🧵

https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/33236289

#sciart #linocut #printmaker #MaxwellsDemon #ImaginaryFriends #thermodynamics #mastoArt

😆 Ah, the classic "Thermodynamics will revolutionize space data centers!" pitch, interrupted by the most authoritative voice in the industry: a 403 Forbidden error. 🤦‍♂️ Clearly, the future of orbital data centers is as accessible as a black hole's customer service line. 🚀🔒
https://spectrum.ieee.org/orbital-data-centers-heat #Thermodynamics #SpaceDataCenters #403Forbidden #BlackHole #CustomerService #HackerNews #ngated

Why Thermodynamics Rules Future Orbital Data Centers

https://spectrum.ieee.org/orbital-data-centers-heat

#HackerNews #thermodynamics #orbitaldatacenters #spaceinnovation #heatmanagement