A mundane tragedy is actually a great lesson in thermodynamics (or I’m such a geek)
First, show your audience this awesome strip:
Next, discuss the first law of thermodynamics, systems, dQ and all of that. Then, wait for the merriment to ensue.
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Tag: thermodynamics
April 3, 2012
Here is a song I wrote about thermodynamics. Be nice…
Lyrics as follows:
THERMODYNAMICS OF LOVE (demo mp3)
First you have one
It says a ton
Basically saying that something can’t come from nothing
Gives you the sum, of things to and from, making it all – total up – all working out
CHORUS
I should have you all figured
With a law like this in mind
Listen to my reasoning
You should know by now
The thermodynamics of love.
Then you have two
Messing with you
Telling you life is a journey full of disorder
Giving off heat, ordinary feat, and telling you work a bit harder – figure it out.
CHORUS
ITS very simple
very rational
really excerptional
just universal
absolute zero
not moving on
stuck in a standstill
we’re not responsible.
FADE TO END
Like this:
August 12, 2011
Fox commentators apparently exempt from the 1st Law of Thermodynamics.
Here’s a choice quote from a “weather expert” on Fox TV.
“[Saying that CO2 could affect the climate] contradicts what we call the first law of thermodynamics: energy can never be created nor destroyed,” Bastardi said. “So, to look for an input of energy into the atmosphere you have to come from a foreign source.”
This is so wrong it is both funny and frightening, and Davide Castelvecchi over Scientific America does a great job outlining why.
