Illustration From “Physics World”
(Regarding the thought experiment by James Clerk Maxwell that defeats the second law of thermodynamics)
sleight of mind
sharp of eye
quick of hand
hellish sentry
wreaks havoc
upsets equilibrium
chasing the overfast
pieces of heat
through his trap
a molecular portal
between the
two rooms of an
either/or world
redistributing atoms
splits apart
thermodyne
ambient air
two new insular
atmospheres
hotter and colder
repudiate entropy
making new energy
useful kinesis
that scorns the laws
laid by creation
Maxwell’s Demon! The first I had heard of it was through Pynchon in The Crying of Lot 49.
Though I’m still ignorant of its specifics and technicalities, I thought it was a very interesting concept.
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many thanks – I am unfamiliar with the Pynchon book, but will give it a look
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