Dan Styer (Oberlin College)
Date: Thu. January 23rd, 2020, 4:00 pm-5:00 pmLocation: Rockefeller 301
Entropy as Disorder: History of a Misconception
How did entropy morph from a quantifiable entity for finding the peak efficiency of a heat engine, into a synonym for “disorder”, and then into a catch-all name for anything bad? Henry Adams (grandson of John Quincy Adams) plays a prominent role in this improbable story.