TechStuff Tidbits: Perpetual Motion and Thermodynamics
TechStuff
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🗓️ 19 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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We've all heard that perpetual motion machines are impossible (at least as far as our understanding of the universe goes) but why? We look at how our understanding of thermodynamics forbids perpetual motion machines to be a thing. And I bungle the lyrics to a Faith Hill song.
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