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Peter LandsbergIn thermodynamics, Peter Theodore Landsberg (1922-2010) was an English physicist and statistical thermodynamicist noted for his views on a number of various topics such as black hole thermodynamics, cosmological thermodynamics, the thermodynamic arrow, the entropological proof, and an irreversible thermodynamics view of life, among others. Landsberg wrote several books and published over 300 papers. Landsberg was professor and then emeritus professor at the University of Southampton (1972-2010). [1] In his 1961 lecture “Entropy and the Unity of Knowledge”, in one part, Landsberg gave the example of the tendency of a child’s room to become messy as an example of entropy increase. [3]

Education
Landsberg completed his MS in 1946, his PhD and DIC (Diploma of the Imperial College) in 1949, and DSc in 1966. [2]

References
1. Professor Peter Landsberg – University of Southampton.
2. Peter Landsberg (about) – Book.BTInternet.co.uk.
3. (a) Landsberg, Peter T. (1961). “Entropy and the Unity of Knowledge: an Inaugural Lecture Delivered at University College”, 29th Nov., 1960. University of Wales Press.
(b) Landsberg, Peter T. (1964). “Entropy and the Unity of Knowledge”. Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
(c) Arnheim, Rudolf. (1974). Entropy and Art: an Essay on Disorder and Order (pg. 12). University of California Press.

Publications
● Landsberg, Peter T. (1961). Thermodynamics with Quantum-Statistical illustrations. Interscience-Wiley.
● Landsberg, Peter T. (1971). Problems in Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics. Pion Ltd.
Landsberg, Peter T. (1973). “Thermodynamics, Cosmology, and the Physical Constants”, in J. T. Fraser (ed.), The Study of Time III (1973), pgs. 117-8.
● Landsberg, Peter T. (1979). Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. Oxford University Press.
● Landsberg, Peter T. (1982). The Enigma of Time. Bristol: Adam Hilger.
Landsberg, Peter T. (1999). Seeking Ultimates: An Intuitive Guide to Physics, (pgs. 231-32). CRC Press.

External links
Thermodynamics Quotations – Today in Science History
Peter T. Landsberg (publications) - Scientific Commons Beta

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I knew only met Peter in the last year of his life and spent time with him and his wife not only was this man hugely intelligent but he had a unbelievable sense of humor and my thoughts are with his wife and family.



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