Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to <a href="https://spore.social/tags/physicist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physicist</span></a> James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)! He dreamt up his demon to deal with the very odd 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (which is not a law like others, and can not be derived from first priciples). It states that two bodies of different temperature brought together in a closed system will reach thermal equilibrium; or, you cannot use a cold thing to heat a hot thing; 🧵1/ <br><br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaker</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MaxwellsDemon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaxwellsDemon</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ImaginaryFriends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImaginaryFriends</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/thermodynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thermodynamics</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>