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LTT: P. Palmieri
February 19, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Paolo Palmieri, Pitt HPS
Thermodynamic Myths
This will be an online lecture held via Zoom, and pre-registration is required. Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HDxPfvXgS7WJoOByiQiVwQ
ABSTRACT: Tricksters, sorting demons and anthropomorphism in thermodynamics… or how myth and science must needs cross their paths. And how is thought experimenting at the joints of macro- and microscopic nature? Are physicists still asking their anus to watch over as they fall asleep? In this talk I will raise tricky questions such as these, poke fun at them, and most likely answer others which I will not raise. (Nota Bene, benevolent reader, ‘must needs [+verb]’ is OED English, though long fallen out of favor owing (not due) to a disorderly increase in linguistic entropy).
Details
- Date:
- February 19, 2021
- Time:
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
- Event Categories:
- Lunchtime Talks, Lunchtime Talks 2020-21
Venue
- Online Lecture