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DTSTART:20140121T180500Z
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin Hall (refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:Can entropy be thought of as a fluid in biological systems?\, 
 Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar\, Jim Reardon\, UW Department of Physi
 cs
DESCRIPTION:Climb into an automobile and drive in any direction on the
  highway of your choice\, and in anywhere between a few minutes and a 
 few hours\, you'll find that your automobile refuses to go any farther
 . You could reasonably say that this is because it has run out of ener
 gy. You might wait for a while by the side of the road\, and then try 
 to start the car again\, but it won't work. Since you're now stranded 
 in the middle of nowhere\, you now have a good opportunity to try this
  experiment: after doing appropriate warm-up exercises\, start sprinti
 ng as fast as you possibly can (presumably in the direction of the nea
 rest gas station). In something less than 40 seconds\, your legs will 
 refuse to carry you any farther\, and you will either slow down or fal
 l down. Yet if you lie there for a while by the side of the road\, and
  then try to sprint again\, you'll find that you can\, nearly as well 
 as before. It cannot be said that you have run out of energy. It might
  perhaps be said that you have temporarily accumulated too much entrop
 y\, and have to wait a while for it to dissipate. Whether or not this 
 is a reasonable statement depends on whether entropy can be thought of
  as a fluid. In this seminar I'll argue that the answer is "yes" and s
 upport the argument with quantitative phenomonological data.
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URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3221
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