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Ele Willoughby, PhD (minouette@spore.social)'s status on Friday, 14-Jun-2024 09:05:49 JST Ele Willoughby, PhD

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
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1. 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.
  https://spore.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/609/269/931/300/733/original/ace6407bed390728.jpeg

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