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Re: ENERGY WITH Q



At 09:49 AM 10/26/01 -0700, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
>
>I do like the spin glass example because, as you say, it is easy
>to calculate the absolute entropy. But I don't yet see why that
>absolute value is *important*, that is, why one could not add an
>arbitrary constant to it without changing any measurable
>thermodynamic results.

This really is quite a good question. I've been working on an answer over
the last few days. The latest and greatest version is at:
http://www.monmouth.com/~jsd/physics/thermo-laws.htm#sec-secret-s