Paul Sen

“Clausius conceived of entropy to capture mathematically this way in which heat strives to redistribute itself.”
― Paul Sen, Einstein's Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe

“In Britain, steam power was seen as the route to commercial profit, in France to social progress, and in Prussia, in elite circles at least, to improve on nature. Here steam power was connected to the natural world in a literal way, and here, scientists first appreciated that the lessons learned from steam power applied far beyond the engines themselves. After all, if a steam engine could enhance nature, perhaps it could also explain it?”
― Paul Sen, Einstein's Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe