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Can Thermodynamics Go Quantum?

The Industrial Revolution brought us the laws of thermodynamics, and new ideas about work, energy and efficiency. In this episode, co-host Steven Strogatz speaks with theoretical physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern about what these concepts might mean in the age of quantum mechanics.

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The Joy of Why

The mathematician and author Steven Strogatz and the astrophysicist and author Janna Levin interview leading researchers about the great scientific and mathematical questions of our time.

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The acclaimed mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews some of the world’s leading scientists about their lives and work.

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