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Re: Thermo question for you

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From: Kenneth Tolman
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 22:42
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Thanks for your reply!

>I don't like the idea of refering to the "entropy of a microstate" very much.

why not?

>I am most distressed by the idea of applying the entropy
>concept to a two-particle system. Why on Earth would anyone ever want to do
>that?

To understand thermodynamics better.  Thanks!

>Surely no physical result can be inferred from consideration of such a
>system. Are we discussing physics here? 

What are you discussing?  I am discussing physics.  Why can no physical
result be inferred from consideration of such a system?  Au contriar!
Many physical results can be discovered from studying such a system in
detail.  Study it if you will, very carefully, and you will see what I
am rumbling about... great secrets lie in simple places, perhaps.
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From: tolman%asylum.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Kenneth Tolman)
Subject: Re: Thermo question for you
Date: 2 Oct 92 16:42:28 MDT
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