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Thermodynamics: Crash Course Physics #23

Season 1 Episode 23

Have you ever heard of a Perpetual Motion Machine? More to the point, have you ever heard of why Perpetual Motion Machines are impossible? One of the reasons is because of the first law of thermodynamics!

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