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Moments of Genius

Episode 4: Samuel West

Duration: 4 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Actor Samuel West describes his favourite moment in the history of science.

Why things burn, why we have any weather at all, why everything living tends to die: these are just a few of the questions that are answered by the rather prosaically named, Second Law of Thermodynamics.

The Second Law states that, energy-wise, everything tends to chaos.

It's a law of physics but also a personal motto for actor, Samuel West. Show less

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