It came as a bit of a shock last week when I realized that some of the equations I’d learned in thermodynamics were just the same as equations I’d learned in classical mechanics—with only the names of the variables changed, to protect the innocent. Why didn’t anyone tell me? For example: everybody loves Hamilton’s equations: there are just two, and they summarize the entire essence of classical mechanics. Most people hate the Maxwell relations in thermodynamics: there are lots, and they’re hard to …
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Nice find! Thank you!
Thanks richard! I guess we both should thx John!