author: Kent W. Mayhew
A New Thermodynamics
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A quote from Tolstoy concerning human nature: “I know that most men — not only those considered clever, but even those who are very clever and capable of understanding most difficult scientific, mathematical, or philosophic, problems — can seldom discern even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as obliges them to admit the falsity of conclusions they have formed, perhaps with much difficulty — conclusions of which they are proud, which they have taught to others, and on which they have built their lives.”
reference: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leo_Tolskoy
Quotes dear to this author
A quote from Neil's Bohrs “Science only advances by renouncing its past”.
reference: “The Big Bang: A View from the 21st Century”, David Harland, Springer
The quote that will always egg me on and hopefully is egg in the face to Eddington"The law that entropy always increases, holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations — then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.
Thermodynamics is a funny subject. the first time you go through it, you do not understand it at all. The second time you go through it, you think you understand it, except for one or two pints. And the third time you go through it, you don't know you don't understand it, but by that time you are so used to it , it doesn't bother you at anymore. Quote by Arnold Sommerfield.