Why does the author describe heat as motion, especially since heat transfer is not a state property? Is he correct? Explain.
1. Read Warmth Disperses and Time Passes by Hans Christian von Baeyer.
2. Submit, using Isidore, a short 3 to 4 page essay including your response
to the following:
i) Why does the author describe heat as motion, especially since heat
transfer is not a state property? It he correct? Explain.
ii) At the end of the chapter entitled “Rivers of Gold, the author states that the parable is flawed because entropy and heat are not sub- stances. Do you agree and are their any other flaws in the parable? Explain by correlating equations to the narrative?
Also consider at least one of the flowing prompts:
• Describe Maxwell’s mechanical demon, both its purpose and its fate.
• In the chapter ”Apocalypse Now,” the author talks about a number of different topics: scientific theory, entropy, and even creation. Outline the argument that he is making? Does he prove his point?
• In the chapter ”The New Entropy,” the author discusses problems with the probabilistic interpretation of entropy. What are the prob- lems and what is the proposed solution?
