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Conference

'Lazy vs Sloppy: The Epic Story of Energy, Entropy, Temperature, the Ultimate Fate of the Universe and the Role of the Supernatural'

09.17.2013 | 20.00h

Auditorio Novagalicia Banco

Poster of the conference
Poster of the conference

Eric Cornell will give a one-hour informal presentation touching on some on some of the most profound ideas in science.  What does "temperature" really mean?  How does water "decide" whether it should be liquid or solid ice?  How can scientists say "the disorder of the universe always increases", when we see examples all around us of beauty and order coming newly into existence, seemingly spontaneously?