Oded Kafri > Quotes

“In Carnot’s day, however, there was still no knowledge of the particles of the matter; Atomic theory was way in the future; also, the prevailing belief was that heat was some form of primeval liquid that, when absorbed by any material, caused it to be hot (somewhat the way an alcoholic beverage causes a warm sensation in our throats). This liquid was called caloric (by Antoine Lavoisier, in 1787).”
― Oded Kafri, Entropy - God's Dice Game

“Engineering, which until then had been concerned either with the construction of buildings, bridges, and other structures, or for military purposes arms manufacturing and fortification building, was now expanding to include new applications: machines and engines for mining, metallurgy and agriculture, allowing quick and efficient production.”
― Oded Kafri, Entropy - God's Dice Game

“Furthermore, it would not be an exaggeration to say the universe looks the way it does – complex, spectacular, and so full of diversity – precisely because of this property.”
― Oded Kafri, Entropy - God's Dice Game

“Engineering, which until then had been concerned either with the construction of buildings, bridges, and other structures, or for military purposes arms manufacturing and fortification building, was now expanding to include new applications: machines and engines for mining, metallurgy and agriculture, allowing quick and efficient production. Interestingly, until about 1840, the inventors of early technologies were actually craftsmen; only toward the latter part of the 19th century did science become involved in industry, in a partnership that still goes on today.”
― Oded Kafri, Entropy - God's Dice Game

“until about 1840, the inventors of early technologies were actually craftsmen; only toward the latter part of the 19th century did science become involved in industry, in a partnership that still goes on today.”
― Oded Kafri, Entropy - God's Dice Game