Category Archives: Entropy

Falling To Bits

Posted on 12 May 2014 by Henry Gee

My car, Caroline the eVolvo 850, who is eighteen years old, has just celebrated an anniversary of sorts. This morning on the way to work she turned over her 170,000th mile. Now, this isn’t much in the great scheme of … Continue reading →

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Getting the boot–entropy in the absence of enforcement

Posted on 6 January 2013 by Steve Caplan

6 pm on a cold Thursday evening, I bundled myself out of the research tower and headed down 3 flights of stairs to the car park. I moved to this new parking lot a year ago, and have been extremely … Continue reading →

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A television programme about the second law of thermodynamics

Posted on 20 October 2012 by Stephen

CP Snow must be doing cartwheels in his grave. The BBC has made a beautiful, intelligent film about the second law of thermodynamics. You only have until Tuesday 30th Oct* to catch it on iPlayer and you should. Presented by … Continue reading →

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