Random Thoughts Die Entropie der Welt strebt einern Maximum zu Whichmakes all the empire-builders so blue. For Clausius made mockery of all that they say And destines the universe to random decay. Though they try to reverse his dictum so true And for some of the time may manage it too, Time will undo all the order they see And they won't circumvent dq over T.
The moral can hardly be claimed to be new But now you're invited: apply it to you.
If the riots and sit-ins must therefore be right, And chaos and violence well worth the fight, Then never forget, once of means you are sure, That the structure which rises will only endure If care is taken, in the system to be, That you minimize thevalue of Gibbs' AG.
Defence Research Establishment Ottawa. Ontario K I A UZI. Canada
Volume 50. Number 12, December 1973 / 817
