Re:The Physics of Brute Force (2016)
by effie on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @05:37PM
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> "One of the consequences of the second law of thermodynamics, is that it requires energy to do a certain amount of work."
No, that is a restatement of the First law of thermodynamics. Second law states that it is impossible to systematically (cyclically) extract heat and turn it completely into equivalent amount of work.
No, that is a restatement of the First law of thermodynamics. Second law states that it is impossible to systematically (cyclically) extract heat and turn it completely into equivalent amount of work.