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Title: Tom Lehrer Post by Kevin Cryan on Today at 20:35 John Naughton (http://molly.open.ac.uk/) made this entry to his online diary (http://memex.naughtons.org/) yesterday. I'm sure there are a few people out there who will like it as much as he and I did. Quote:
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Title: Re: Tom Lehrer Post by S J Birkill on Today at 20:48 Seems to be missing a LINK (http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html) -- great patter song, creatively animated! Thanks Kevin SJB |
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Title: Re: Tom Lehrer Post by Kevin Cryan on Today at 21:24 Sorry Steve, I hit the "post" icon too early. The full entry is there now. Kevin |
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Title: Re: Tom Lehrer Post by Nedd on 23.03.07 at 15:19 It's a very useful song for crosswords - in fact one of the two Really Useful Songs I know, the other being one that tells you more or less how a steam engine works. Now who wrote that one ? :) Nedd |
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Title: Re: Tom Lehrer Post by BogusTrumper on 24.03.07 at 20:57 The nearest I know is Flanders and Swann on the Second Law of Thermodynamics: The First law of Thermodynamics. Heat is work and work is heat Heat is work and work is heat Very Good. The Second law of thermodynamics. Heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body Heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter body Heat won't pass from a cooler to a hotter Heat won't pass from a cooler to a hotter You can try it if you like but you'd far better not-a You can try it if you like but you'd far better not-a 'Cos the cold in the cooler will get hotter as a rule-a 'Cos the cold in the cooler will get hotter as a rule-a 'Cos the hotter body's heat will pass to the cooler 'Cos the hotter body's heat will pass to the cooler Heat is work and work is heat and work is heat and heat is work Heat will pass by conduction and Heat will pass by conduction and Heat will pass by convection and Heat will pass by convection and Heat will pass by radiation Heat will pass by radiation And that's a physical law Heat is work and work's a curse And all the heat in the universe Is gonna cool down, 'Cos it can't increase Then there'll be no more work And there'll be perfect peace Really? Yeah, that's entropy, Man. And all because of the second law of thermodynamics which lays down: That you can't pass heat from a cooler to a hotter Try it if you like but you'd far better not-a 'Cos the cold in the cooler will get hotter as a rule-a 'Cos the hotter body's heat will pass to the cooler Oh, you can't pass heat from a cooler to a hotter Try it if you like but you'll only look a fool-a 'Cos the cold in the cooler will get hotter as a rule-a And that's a physical law Oh, I'm hot That's because you've been working! Oh, Beatles, nothing! That's the first and second laws of thermodynamics. |
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