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    Questions about examples of why entropy is NOT disorder

    The paper by Jaynes cited in that Wiki page is here: http://bayes.wustl.edu/etj/articles/theory.1.pdf I would be interesting to know if that work has withstood the test of time.
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    Questions about examples of why entropy is NOT disorder

    fair enough, and thanks for the frank response.
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    Questions about examples of why entropy is NOT disorder

    Now I'm really confused. The wikipedia artical on the Third Law of Thermodynamics says "The third law of thermodynamics is a statistical law of nature regarding entropy: The entropy of a perfect crystal approaches zero as temperature approaches absolute zero." and the wikipedia artical...
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    Questions about examples of why entropy is NOT disorder

    I understand the pedagogical concern that the idea of “disorder” should be discouraged when introducing entropy to new students (e.g. http://entropysite.oxy.edu/cracked_crutch.html). But I also just read http://www.science20.com/train_thought/blog/entropy_not_disorder-75081" by Steve...
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    Hieght of a volume in a cylinder on its side, with known volume.

    It was provided for me and I'm trying to solve for h. It is possible that there is a different approach to the problem that solves for h directly (via caluclus) but I have not found it.
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    Hieght of a volume in a cylinder on its side, with known volume.

    This is my first post and is for an applied project (not for a class) but I thought this was the best place to ask for help. Homework Statement Given a cylindar on its side, with volume V, length L, and Radius R, what is height (h) of liquid. I have fomula for volume as a function of...
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