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Flanders & Swann - 'First And Second Law'

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Music performance & songsFundamental physicsStand-up & sketch comedy

What it is

Flanders and Swann perform 'First and Second Law', a comic song about the laws of thermodynamics, from their 1964 stage show At the Drop of Another Hat. It sets the first and second laws to a deadpan call-and-response routine.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN brings it up whenever thermodynamics or entropy comes up, as the classic comic explanation of the laws.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “True, but they did one on thermodynamics”

    Flanders and Swann's comedic song about thermodynamics.

    ska, 2024-05 · Recommendation · in “Why did Tom Lehrer swap fame for obscurity?”

  2. “The classic Flanders and Swann explanation”

    Classic comic explanation of the laws of thermodynamics.

    robaato, 2024-07 · Recommendation · in “The Second Law of Thermodynamics (2011)”

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Topics: flanders and swann, thermodynamics, comic song, second law, british humor

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