{"id":1177,"date":"2019-08-09T22:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T22:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2025-05-13T21:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:50:15","slug":"august-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/science\/newsletter\/august-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are the final days of summer, and many of you are enjoying a few days of relaxation or working hard to get a paper out before the excitement of students and classes start. Consequently, I’m going to write about a lighter topic this month. Earlier this year, on LinkedIn, I published a post<\/a> about how broad and applicable the second law of thermodynamics is to everyday life, problems, and things that happen to all of us. I’ve expanded on it slightly, given this is the College of Science, after all. Let me know what you think. Connect with me on LinkedIn<\/a> and connect with the College of Science on LinkedIn<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my favorite lines in literature is Tolstoy’s opening of Anna Karenina<\/em>, \u201cAll happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way<\/em>.\u201d Tolstoy’s observation applies, with minor modification, to so many problems in our work and personal lives. Have you ever noticed any of the following?<\/p>\n\n\n\n