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Happy birthday to #physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)! He dreamt up his demon to deal with the very odd 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (which is not a law like others, and can not be derived from first priciples). It states that two bodies of different temperature brought together in a closed system will reach thermal equilibrium; or, you cannot use a cold thing to heat a hot thing; 🧵
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#sciart #linocut #printmaker #MaxwellsDemon #ImaginaryFriends #thermodynamics #mastoArt

Linocut print, 8”x10” on white washi paper, showing Maxwell’s demon in blue in a circle in the centre surrounded by red with the words “Maxwell’s” above and “Demon” below, arcing around the circle. My nimble-fingered demon resembles Maxwell, but with horns, extra-long fingers and enormous eyes to see and track particles and is using the cold blue region to warm the hot red region. In the blue region there are random slow moving particles denoted by dots with two tails. Carved into the red area are fast moving particles denoted by dots with three longer tail lines.

Here's an illustration of the "Maxwell's Demon" thought experiment, with the demon's "gate" programmed to allow particles moving from right to left but block left to right.

My next Android app will be a game based on this scenario. Watch this space!

#genuary #genuary2025 #genuary8 #dotnetmaui #maxwellsdemon

To make progress on the reducing emissions and addressing the climate crisis, we must win the information war.

The election of a climate-denying President shows America and progressives are losing this war, but the reasons are complex.

Here is my hypothesis on what’s happened, how we got here, and the path forward:

https://jjwebster.com/2024/11/22/the-demon-in-the-information-sphere-how-disinformation-shapes-reality/

#ClimateChange #disinformation #informationtheory #maxwellsdemon #trump #putin #china #greenwashing #reality #uspol #matrix #redpill #blackpill #truth

maxwell's demon tries to 'understand.'

#maxwellsdemon #powerless

Habby birthday, to James Clerk Maxwell and his Demon!

https://mastodon.social/@gutenberg_org/112608972408284146

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Happy birthday to #physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)! He dreamt up his demon to deal with the very odd 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (which is not a law like others, and can not be derived from first priciples). It states that two bodies of different temperature brought together in a closed system will reach thermal equilibrium; or, you cannot use a cold thing to heat a hot thing; 🧵1/
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#sciart #linocut #printmaker #MaxwellsDemon #ImaginaryFriends #thermodynamics #MastoArt

Maxwell's Demon went down to Arkansas.

https://news.uark.edu/articles/64925/scientists-design-novel-nonlinear-circuit-to-harvest-clean-power-using-graphene

This group of physicists claims to be able to harvest usable energy from ambient heat.

In physics, this a big no-no, one of the biggest imaginable.

#Thermodynamics
#Entropy
#MaxwellsDemon

Happy birthday to #physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)! He dreamt up his demon to deal with the very odd 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (which is not a law like others, and can not be derived from first priciples).

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#sciart #linocut #printmaker #MaxwellsDemon #ImaginaryFriends #thermodynamics #MastoArt