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Philo Sophies<p><a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/Zoomposium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zoomposium</span></a> with Prof. Dr. <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/Arieh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arieh</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/Ben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ben</span></a>-<a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/Naim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Naim</span></a>: “Demystifying <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/Entropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entropy</span></a>”</p><p>Information about the person and his scientific work</p><p>In another installment of our “Zoomposium series” on the topic of <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> and its <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/limits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>limits</span></a>, my colleague Axel Stöcker from the “Blog der großen Fragen” and I had the opportunity to interview the renowned Israeli physical chemist Prof. Dr. Arieh Ben-Naim on the exciting topic of “Demystifying Entropy”.</p><p>Arieh, who was born on July 11, 1934, held a chair in <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/Physical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physical</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/Chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chemistry</span></a> at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for over 40 years, with his main field of research being the theory of the <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/structure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>structure</span></a> of <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a>, aqueous solutions and hydrophobic-hydrophilic interactions. He was mainly concerned with theoretical and experimental aspects of the general theory of <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/liquids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liquids</span></a> and <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/solutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solutions</span></a>. In recent years, he has advocated the use of <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> theory to better understand and advance <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/statistical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statistical</span></a> <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/mechanics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mechanics</span></a> and <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/thermodynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thermodynamics</span></a>.</p><p>In this context, he has also worked intensively on the question of the nature and underlying principle of the phenomenon of <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/entropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entropy</span></a>, which he has published in numerous often cited but also controversially discussed popular science books. </p><p>The basic tenor of all his publications and lectures is that we need a new basic understanding of the phenomenon of entropy. In Arieh's view, entropy, which originally stems from the laws of <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/thermodynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thermodynamics</span></a> and in particular the 2nd law, has been misused and incorrectly transferred as a <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/concept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concept</span></a> to other areas of <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a>, <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> and everyday <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a>.</p><p>In this respect, it was finally time (bon mot) to ask the author himself about his ground-breaking theses, which cast a different light on the <a href="https://discuss.systems/tags/phenomenon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phenomenon</span></a> of entropy or perhaps better said, bring entropy back to its place of origin. </p><p>The interview we conducted with him is in English.</p><p>Find out more at: <a href="https://philosophies.de/index.php/2024/02/22/entzauberung-der-entropie/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">philosophies.de/index.php/2024</span><span class="invisible">/02/22/entzauberung-der-entropie/</span></a></p><p>or: <a href="https://youtu.be/Km88EreH4A8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Km88EreH4A8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kriszta Satori<p>What a story by AP:<br />&#39;Death threats forced Irish pop singer <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Sinead" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Sinead</span></a> O’Connor to call off a peace <a href="https://journa.host/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>concert</span></a> in <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Jerusalem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jerusalem</span></a> in the summer of 1997. At the time, a young man named <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Itamar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Itamar</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ben" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ben</span></a>-Gvir took credit for the campaign against her.</p><p>Today, he is <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Israel</span></a> ’s national <a href="https://journa.host/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/minister" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>minister</span></a> &#39;</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/sinead-oconnor-itamar-bengvir-jerusalem-concert-e08c0903f413e8fb56663cf2adb0c0ef" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/sinead-ocon</span><span class="invisible">nor-itamar-bengvir-jerusalem-concert-e08c0903f413e8fb56663cf2adb0c0ef</span></a></p>
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