Lord Kelvin

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A scientist who proposed that life might have come to Earth on a meteorite.

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Leon HarveyClassic Audiobook Collection · The Animate and the Inanimate by William James Sidis ~ Full ... · 5:17 · 1 Jun
…At first I hesitate to publish my theory of the reversibility of the universe, but I was encouraged on discovering the quotation from Lord Kelvin above mentioned, so that now, knowing that this is not the first time that it has been suggested that life is a reversal of the second law of thermodynamics, I have decided to publish the work and give my theory to…
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Leon HarveyClassic Audiobook Collection · The Animate and the Inanimate by William James Sidis ~ Full ... · 4:01 · 1 Jun
…Only Lord Kelvin, instead of deriving this from the ordinary physical laws, immediately concluded that some mysterious vital force must be in operation.…
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Leon HarveyClassic Audiobook Collection · The Animate and the Inanimate by William James Sidis ~ Full ... · 3:11 · 1 Jun
…To quote Lord Kelvin's own words, it is conceivable that animal life might have the attribute of using the heat of surrounding matter, at its natural temperature, as a source of energy for a mechanical effect.…
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Leon HarveyClassic Audiobook Collection · The Animate and the Inanimate by William James Sidis ~ Full ... · 2:59 · 1 Jun
…Lord Kelvin, however, regards this as an indication of some……
Leon HarveyClassic Audiobook Collection · The Animate and the Inanimate by William James Sidis ~ Full ... · 2:45 · 1 Jun
…Lord Kelvin, however, does not work out the theory.…
Leon HarveyClassic Audiobook Collection · The Animate and the Inanimate by William James Sidis ~ Full ... · 2:33 · 1 Jun
…Since the manuscript was completed, my attention was attracted by……
Wayne MyrvoldTheories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · Wayne Myrvold: Entropy Isn't Real; It's What You Don't Know · 1:23:26 · 29 Sep
…Kelvin himself wrote an article called On a Universal Tendency……
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