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Galileo's Finger: The Ten Great Ideas of Science, by Peter Atkins

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The Conservation of Energy: From Galileo to Entropy

This chapter explores the law of conservation of energy, tracing its origins from Galileo's experiments with inclined planes to Newton's laws of motion. It also discusses the implications of thermodynamics and entropy, emphasizing how energy transformation relates to complexity and the emergence of life.

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