Christine will explain the simple beauty of the laws of thermodynamics: Energy can't be created or destroyed. Everything we do creates more chaos. Even for the unscientific, these are powerful guiding principles. Christine will also explain what "hot" and "cold" mean on a molecular level, why Scottish physicist James Maxwell created an imaginary demon, and what that little demon means to us today.

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Christine McKinley is a mechanical engineer, writer, musician, and obsessive thermodynamics geek. Her musical Gracie and the Atom, won a Portland Drammy for Original Score. Her book Physics for Rock Stars was published in 2014 by Penguin Random House. Christine hosted Brad Meltzer’s Decoded on History Channel and Under New York on Discovery Channel.
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