Peter Nicholls, “The Science in Science Fiction”, 1982 was the topic of an earlier blog post,
Daniel Fahrenheit, “Experimenta & Observationes de Congelatione aque in vacuo facta a”, 1724 was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: David Porush, “Prigogine, Chaos, and Contemporary Science Fiction”, 1991.
INTRODUCTION.
Peter Nicholls in 1982 asking the question “the Science in SciFi” is how shall begin. The “thermometer” was invented in 1724 by Daniel Fahrenheit. “Thermodynamics” is the scientific study of “temperature”.
David Porush, “Prigogine, Chaos & Contemporary SciFi” is the topic of this blog post. Ilya Prigogine in 1977 was awarded a NOBEL PRIZE for “chaos in thermodynamics”. David Porush writing’s are the implications of Ilya Prigogine on SciFi writing.
Here I presented: David Porush, “Prigogine, Chaos, and Contemporary Science Fiction”, 1991.
COMMENTS.
Ilya Prigogine, “Time, Structure & Fluctuations”, NOBEL PRIZE LECTURE, 8 December 1977 is the subject that David Porush considered.
ENTROPY & TEMPERATURE.
Entropy is greater than or equal to ΔS ≥ 0 in any process (it increases). The units of “entropy” S are joules per kelvin (J⋅K−1). A “joule” is unit “heat energy”; and a “kelvin” is “temperature scale” (Fahrenheit scale alternative). Albert Einstein in 1905 for his doctorate dissertation explained “Brownian motion”. The conclusion of Einstein was that “temperature” is proportional to random “molecular motion” (shown BELOW). SciFi has changed over the years; and “chaotic thermodynamics” of Ilya Prigogine is part of SciFi today.
