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Thermodynamics and the Principle of Conservation of Energy
In the 1920s it looked for a moment as if quantum mechanical phenomena did violate the principle of conservation of energy. Einstein himself scoffed at this and eventually he would be vindicated. Now consider the science of thermodynamics, which I don't think we've touched on before. Thermodynamics is a sprawling and many-headed dragon, which we'll explore in greater detail in a future episodes.