Re: [Fis] Fis Digest, Vol 10, Issue 22

2015-01-21 Thread Koichiro Matsuno
At 5:37 PM 01/20/2015, Malcom Dean wrote: Entropy is a mathematical variable which balances equations, but cannot possibly describe the conditions and actual processes which lead to work, enable its completion, or detail its purpose. May I add some qualifications? Entropy must be a ni

Re: [Fis] Fis Digest, Vol 10, Issue 22

2015-01-21 Thread Terrence W. DEACON
Dear Malcom Dean, Unless you are claiming that the past 150 year of thermodynamics is bunk, I think your denial needs qualification. Of course "entropy" is a mathematical variable. And yes it balances equations. And yes it assesses only one aspect of the changes that occur in a physical transforma

Re: [Fis] Fis Digest, Vol 10, Issue 11

2015-01-21 Thread Moisés André Nisenbaum
Pedro, this image is strongly related to my research. My graduation and master degree was in Physics. But now I am in IS world through PhD program of IBICT/UFRJ in Brazil. As you, Jorge and Raquel said (Navarro, Moral, Marijuan, 2013), IS is about to become one of four great scientific domains. Don