A history of thermodynamics in 15 minutes | Katie Robertson | from 'The demons of thermodynamics'
150Katie Robertson gives a fifteen minute introduction to the history of thermodynamics.
Why has thermodynamics been called 'the village witch'?
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Thermodynamics has been called 'the village witch' of physics. Yet Einstein told us 'it will never be overthrown'. Join philosopher of physics Katie Robertson as she explores thermodynamics and how to exorcise its demons.
#thermodynamics #physics #entropy
00:00 The village witch
00:49 Introduction to thermodynamics
01:10 The classical picture of a gas
03:18 Macrovariables
05:30 What are heat and work?
06:50 Lavoisier and 'caloric'
07:35 Rumford
09:19 Maxwell
10:27 Steam engines
11:20 The second law of thermodynamics explained
12:20 Entropy explained
14:00 the arrow of time
14:30 The minus first law of thermodynamics
Katie Robertson is a research fellow and cutting edge philosopher of physics at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on the role that entropy plays in black holes.
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