Reversibility & Irreversibility: Crash Course Engineering #8

How do we design the most efficient machines and processes? Today we’ll try to figure that out as we discuss heat & work, reversibility & irreversibility, and how to use efficiency to measure a system.

Crash Course Engineering is produced in association with PBS Digital Studios.

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