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Article #369Re: THE DEGENERATION OF DEDUCTIVE SCIENCE
From: G. L. Bradford
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:03
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:03
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"Pentcho Valev" <pvalev@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:db9a5667-760d-4b6c-88ee-9b937a90ec68@c10g2000yqi.googlegroups.com... > http://www.beilstein-institut.de/bozen2004/proceedings/CornishBowden/CornishBowden.pdf > ATHEL CORNISH-BOWDEN: "The concept of entropy was introduced to > thermodynamics by Clausius, who deliberately chose an obscure term for > it, wanting a word based on Greek roots that would sound similar to > "energy". In this way he hoped to have a word that would mean the same > to everyone regardless of their language, and, as Cooper [2] remarked, > he succeeded in this way in finding a word that meant the same to > everyone: NOTHING. From the beginning it proved a very difficult > concept for other thermodynamicists, even including such accomplished > mathematicians as Kelvin and Maxwell; Kelvin, indeed, despite his own > major contributions to the subject, never appreciated the idea of > entropy [3]. The difficulties that Clausius created have continued to > the present day, with the result that a fundamental idea that is > absolutely necessary for understanding the theory of chemical > equilibria continues to give trouble, not only to students but also to > scientists who need the concept for their work." > ========================= It's not "obscure" at all. The ultimate destiny of entropy (the final form it takes) is simply, probably, matter. GLB =========================
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