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Why does the nature always prefer low energy and maximum entropy?
Why does the nature always prefer low energy and maximum entropy?
I've just learned electrostatics and I still have no idea why like charges repel each other.
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Is this formula for the energy of a configuration of 3 fluids physically reasonable?
I have studied for a couple of months now a mathematical model of the energy of a configuration of immiscible fluids situated in a fixed container such that the fluids fill the container. In other ...
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why egg cooks slowly in mountains?
A quick Google tells me "Because water boils at a lower temperature at high altitudes". But I am not being able to understand this answer and fill-in the gap. Like, how does an egg cook in the first ...
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How do we perceive hotness or coldness of an object?
Some objects, especially metallic ones, feel cold on touching and others like wood, etc. feel warm on touching. Both are exposed to same environment and are in their stable state, so some kind of ...
