The Science of Can and Can't
by Chiara Marletto · first published 2021
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David Deutsch as well. Chiara Marleto has a nice recent book, The Science of Can and Can't, which discusses briefly the Second Law in the context of constructor theory.
on “Physicists rewrite the fundamental law that leads to disorder” ↗The Science of Can and Can't[1] is interesting in how it looks to address a number of fundamentals via counterfactuals including the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. Edit: See [2] for background about Constructor Theory. [1] https://www.chiaramarletto.com/books/the-science-of-can-and-... [2]…
on “It took me 10 years to understand entropy” ↗That book is poetic. I need to reread it paired with Marletto’s Science of Can and Can’t.
on “New theory suggests time is an illusion created by quantum entanglement” ↗