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Comment on Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! by Jim R

Jim R — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 12:47:50 +0000

I struggled each year to teach some of this to my high school physics students. Before doing so, I struggled to teach myself the principles. This post put some of it into better perspective for me. But, I haven’t taught students for 17 yrs. 🙂

Comment on Upending my equilibrium by Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers

Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:32:37 +0000

[…] roiling up the gas unnecessarily—by expanding or compressing it too quickly. The gas must stay in equilibrium, a calm, quiescent state. One can keep the gas quiescent only by running the cycle infinitely […]

Comment on Mingling stat mech with quantum info in Maryland by Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers

Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:32:34 +0000

[…] the engine operates at the Carnot efficiency? The engine mustn’t waste heat. One wastes heat by roiling up the gas unnecessarily—by expanding or compressing it too quickly. The gas must stay in equilibrium, a […]

Comment on Quantum steampunk is heading to bookstores! by Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers

Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:32:32 +0000

[…] artist Todd Cahill beautifully illustrated the Carnot cycle for my book. The gas performs useful work because a teapot sits atop the piston. Pushing the piston upward, the […]

Comment on Clocking in at a Cambridge conference by Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers

Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:32:28 +0000

[…] theorem encapsulates the second law of thermodynamics. The second law helps us understand why time flows in only one direction. And what’s deeper or more foundational than time’s arrow? People often cast the second law in […]

Comment on Up we go! or From abstract theory to experimental proposal by Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers

Happy 200th birthday, Carnot’s theorem! | Quantum Frontiers — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:32:25 +0000

[…] Kenneth Grahame’s 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows, a Mole meets a Water Rat who lives on a River. The Rat explains how the River permeates his life: […]

Comment on Sculpting quantum steampunk by Nicole Yunger Halpern

Nicole Yunger Halpern — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:37:46 +0000

In reply to rsqrdroberts.

Bruce's reply is "We are planning to offer a 3D model version once we get further along with the design and fabrication. Thanks!"

Comment on Sculpting quantum steampunk by rsqrdroberts

rsqrdroberts — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:13:55 +0000

Will an affordable version be available for purchase? (I don't have a 3d printer.)

Comment on Sculpting quantum steampunk by Jim R

Jim R — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:14:08 +0000

That seems like a fun project. Good luck with it. I look forward to seeing results.

Comment on Announcing the quantum-steampunk creative-writing course! by Sculpting quantum steampunk | Quantum Frontiers

Sculpting quantum steampunk | Quantum Frontiers — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:12:40 +0000

[…] Plans include the American Physical Society’s Global Physics Summit (March Meeting), the quantum-steampunk creative-writing course I’m co-teaching next spring, and the Quantum World Congress. Bruce will incorporate the sculpture […]