Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Fall 2008

Entropy and the second law

Second Law

History of the 2nd Law

Overview

Thermodynamics and God

Things Go Wrong

Parodoxes

Evolution


Entropy

The Entropy Field

Entropy Engine

Principia Cybernetica Entry

Entropy Movie

Conversion Factors

Algorithmic Complexity

Does Entropy Contradict Evolution?

Applications of Entropy

Entropy and the Laws of Thermodynamics

Maxwell's Demon


Heat Engines

Szilard's Heat Engine

Thermodynamic Efficiency of Eergy Conversion Technologies

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