Chords for Flanders & Swann - 'First And Second Law'

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_ _ One of the great problems of the world today is undoubtedly this problem of not being able to talk to scientists because we don't understand science.
They can't talk to us because they don't understand anything else, poor dears.
This problem, I think it was C.P. Snow first raised it, Sir Charles Snow in private life.
In his books Science and Government and so on.
Mind you, I haven't read it.
I'm waiting for the play to come. _
He says quite rightly, he says, it's no good going up to a scientist and saying to him as you would to anybody else, you know, good morning, how are you, lend me a quid and so on.
You just glare at you or make a rude retort or something.
_ You have to speak to him in language that he'll understand.
I mean you go up to him and say something like, ah, _ _ H2SO4 professor.
_ _ Don't synthesize anything I wouldn't synthesize.
_ _ Oh, and the reciprocal of pi to your good wife.
_ _ _ This he will understand.
Snow says that nobody can consider themselves educated who doesn't know at least the basic language of science.
I mean things like Sir Edward Boyle's law, for example.
The greater the external pressure, the greater the volume of hot air. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Or the second law of thermodynamics.
This is very important.
I was somewhat shocked the other day to discover that my partner not only doesn't know the second law, he doesn't even know the first law of thermodynamics.
Going back to first principles very briefly.
Thermodynamics, of course, is derived from two Greek words.
Thermos, meaning hot, if you don't drop it.
And _ dynamics, meaning dynamic work.
And thermodynamics is simply the science of heat and work and the relationships between the two.
As laid down in the laws of thermodynamics, which may be expressed in the following simple terms.
After me, Doctor.
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 [Bb] of itself [Ebm] pass from one [Bb] body to a hotter [Ebm] body.
Heat won't [Ab] pass from a cooler to a hotter.
[Ebm] Heat won't pass from a cooler to [Ebm] a hotter.
You can try it if [Ab] you like, but you'd far [Ebm] better not.
You can try it if you like, but you'd far better not.
Because the colder the cooler will [B] get hotter as a ruler.
[Gb] Because the colder the cooler will get hotter as [Ebm] a ruler.
Because the hotter body's [Cm] heat will pass through the [Ebm] cooler.
Because the hotter body's heat will [Bb] pass through the cooler.
Heat is work and work is heat and work is heat and heat is work.
[Eb] Heat will pass by conduction.
[F] Heat will pass by conduction.
Heat will pass by reflection.
Heat will pass by [Ebm] reflection.
Heat will pass by radiation.
Heat will [Gbm] pass by radiation.
[Ab] And [F] that's a physical law.
[Ebm] Heat is work and work's a curse.
And all the heat in the universe [Ebm] is gonna cool down.
[B] If it can't increase, then there'll be no [Abm] more work and there'll [Dm] be perfect peace.
Really?
Yeah, that's entropy, man.
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And all because of the second law of thermodynamics, which lays down [G] that you can't pass heat from a cooler [D] to a hotter body.
_ Because the colder the cooler [C] will get hotter [Eb] as a ruler.
Because the hotter body's heat will pass through the [G] cooler.
Because the [C] hotter body's heat will [G] pass through the cooler.
And if you like the cold, [C] you can cool it.
Because the colder the cooler will [Eb] get hotter as a ruler.
And [F] that's a [E] physical law.
_ _ Oh, I'm [Eb] hot.
Hot?
That's because you've been working.
Oh, Beatles and nothing.
_ [Bb] And that's the second [D] law of [G] thermodynamics.
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