Dear Evgenii, List
We are looking at different chapters of the same book. My primary interests
are in the mathematics and biochemistry of biology and medicine. My inquiry on
this particular topic, which has been ongoing since my graduate level course in
statistical thermodynamics, includes th
Dear Jerry,
The foundational logic of thermodynamics (see Josiah Willard Gibbs "On
the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances", 1875–1878) does not depend
on equation of state at all. The ideal gas law as such has nothing to do
with the foundational logic in thermodynamics.
As for chemical
Evgenii, List:
On Jun 28, 2014, at 3:01 AM, Evgenii Rudnyi wrote:
> On 27.06.2014 19:26 Jerry LR Chandler said the following:
>> The concept of entropy as a scientific concept is a rigorous
>> mathematic concept. It is an abstract concept, strictly limited to
>> the flow of HEAT (not matter) in
On 27.06.2014 19:26 Jerry LR Chandler said the following:
The concept of entropy as a scientific concept is a rigorous
mathematic concept. It is an abstract concept, strictly limited to
the flow of HEAT (not matter) in a closed system AT EQUILIBRIUM.
I would not agree. First, I would place 'ent
On Jun 27, 2014, at 10:15 AM, Stephen C. Rose wrote:
> How fixed is the scientific argument for this law? Certainly in this century
> there have been some who have chipped away at the idea of entropy as a fixed
> star in an otherwise fallible (subject to revision) scientific universe. And
> I
