Warren Wright

AME-2213

A Poem of the Laws of Thermodynamics

In Thermodynamics, there are laws that we all must obey.

The heat within object will not remain that way.

Heat energy is always moving from state to state,

But according to this law they all can relate.

It occurs when two systems come into contact,

They will reach thermal equilibrium if there is no impact,

At the same temperature, so the Zeroth Law states.

The two systems in balance have signed each other’s fates

The next principle is the First Law of Thermodynamics,

Honestly, I’d rather be in Price studying Economics.

It states, that a system is governed by its change in heat and change in work,

Therefore determining internal energy is the law’s only perk.

Next is the Second Law,

Thermodynamics tries to explain it all.

But can it explain why this world is crazy?

The subject of heat flow, I am rather hazy.

Energy can move from high to low,

But why can’t we reverse the flow?

Entropy provides the answer to this wackiness!

A truly reversible process? Why that’s madness. But we can do work against entropy’s gain,

And doing so will result in energy drain.

Thermodynamics has a third and final principle,

Once we master it, we shall be invincible.

The idea that we can never reach absolute zero,

Boy, William Thompson(Lord Kelvin) is my hero.

These four principles are the source of my confliction.

But alas, as a student of science, learning them is my affliction.

And since I am responsible for my education,

Thermodynamic and I will continue to have a love/ hate relation. Ship.