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| A listing of [mostly incorrect] definitions of entropy in a letter to The Electrician (London) from Sydney Evershed, January 09, 1903, supposedly in connection to the great “What is Entropy Debate” (1902-1904) started by British electrical engineer James Swinburne. [4] |
In
thermodynamics,
debates are various back-and-forth discussions arising between scientists on various issues, in the form of exchanged articles, letters, online threads, response videos, or emails, etc.
Whether or not a
Maxwell's demon can exist is a sort of underground debate ongoing in thermodynamics, originating in an exchange of letters between
Scottish physicists James Maxwell and Peter Tait in 1867, a discussion/debate that eventually found its way into articles by others such Irish physicist William Thomson (1874), Hungarian-American physicist Leó Szilárd (1929), and French physicist Léon Brillouin (1951), and others. In addition, any group or conference about
entropy, usually turns into a debate.
Human thermodynamicsIn
human thermodynamics, debates include the 1971-2006
Rossini-Leonard-Wojcik debate, on whether
state functions apply to the understanding of freedom and security in
social life; the the 2005
Sanville-
Thims debate on whether human thermodynamics is science or pseudoscience; and the 2009
Moriarty-Thims debate, on the question of the validity of human thermodynamics/
human chemistry theories including whether or not different arrangements of a group of students give rise to different
thermodynamic entropies. [1]
Other debates, in the context of
religious thermodynamics, which tend to become intertwined with discussions on the
first and
second laws of thermodynamics, include the famous ongoing
creation-
evolution debates. [2]
References1. Sanville, Edward and Thims, Libb. (2005). “
Human Thermodynamics: Science or Pseudoscience”, conversation originating on Wikipedia talk pages (Sep–Oct). IoHT Publications.
2. (a)
Creation-evolution controversy – Wikipedia.
(b)
Evolution vs Creation debates – NWCreation.net.