14/07/2024
Photo by Rostislav Uzunov Looking around, the public is largely ignorant of one of the most vital forces driving modern technological development: thermodynamics, the branch of physics that sets out the rules governing the relationships between heat, or thermal energy, and other forms of energy. Everyday life will once again be affected by what happens in its laboratories. The first law of thermodynamics – also known as the law of energy conservation, or, more practically, as the law of no free lunches – plays an underlying role in many technological developments....
Photo by Rostislav Uzunov Looking around, the public is largely ignorant of one of the most vital forces driving modern technological development: thermodynamics, the branch of physics that sets ou…