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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

By 1807 the term “energy” had been introduced, but the question remained of whether it could in any sense globally be thought of as conserved. It had seemed for a long time that heat was something a bit like mechanical energy, but the relation wasn’t clear—and the caloric theory of heat implied that caloric (i.e.

Energy

Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics

Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

Futurum

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Because computational methods originated in the natural sciences, some disciplines, such as chemistry and physics, have lots of research software at their disposal. Joanna is working with Nicole and Stuart on a project that involves an analytic technique called Energy-Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX). Sarah’s research.

Research

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STEM Education Central

How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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