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thermodynamics

2 entries tagged thermodynamics.

History & Society

Alcohol: History & Science

Distillation: Concentrating Alcohol and FlavorDistillation has an almost magical reputation:

Physics & Space

Physical Principles

EntropyEntropy is often introduced as “disorder,” but that metaphor fails surprisingly quickly. The more useful statistical idea is multiplicity: how many microscopic arrangements correspond to the same macroscopic state.