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Subject: [FRIAM] Boltzmann Distribution
FWIW, I have been struggling with the concept of entropy for the last month.
One of the puzzles was why entropy increased with addition of heat. I bullied
George for a few hours and he finally admitted not onl
> Date: 12/29/24 12:15 AM (GMT+01:00)
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> Subject: [FRIAM] Boltzmann Distribution
> FWIW, I have been struggling with the concept of entropy for the last month.
> One of the puzzles was why entropy increased with addition of
day Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> Subject: [FRIAM] Boltzmann Distribution
> FWIW, I have been struggling with the concept of entropy for the last month.
> One of the puzzles was why entropy increased with addition of heat. I
> bullied George for a few hours and he fin
dom motion increases the disorder/entropy of the system
-J.
Original message
From: Nicholas Thompson
Date: 12/29/24 12:15 AM (GMT+01:00)
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
Subject: [FRIAM] Boltzmann Distribution
FWIW, I have been struggling with the concep
random motion increases the
disorder/entropy of the system-J.
Original message From: Nicholas Thompson
Date: 12/29/24 12:15 AM (GMT+01:00) To: The Friday
Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: [FRIAM]
Boltzmann Distribution FWIW, I have been struggling with the
Robert!
Thanks for the suggestions.
The metaphor I am currently working on is of a well used chisel. Its tip
has been smeared out by the work it has done.
The big news for me here is hearing from you. I have missed your
"voice"!!!Where are you, what are you doing, and what have you become
Personally, I found it easier to learn about entropy by starting from
thermodynamics and then later trying to grok the statistical mechanical
perspective. Maybe start with a good thermodynamics textbook? A couple of
popular science options are Hanlon’s *Block by Block* and Atkins’
*Thermodynamics*
FWIW, I have been struggling with the concept of entropy for the last
month. One of the puzzles was why entropy increased with addition of heat.
I bullied George for a few hours and he finally admitted not only that the
mean and variance of the B-distribution are correlated, but that its
variance
