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词条 Ginsberg's theorem
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Ginsberg's theorem is a parody of the laws of thermodynamics in terms of a person playing a game. The quote was first attributed to the poet Allen Ginsberg in a 1975 issue of the Coevolution Quarterly[1]

It is possible that the quote originates as a slight misstatement of the opening lines of "You Can't Win," by Charlie Smalls, as the copyright date for Small's song is 1974, earlier than the first attribution to Ginsberg.[2] While the song was cut from 1975 Broadway debut of the Wiz, it was performed at the original, 1974, Baltimore run of the musical.

Theorem

The "theorem" is given as a restatement of the consequences of the zeroth, first, second, and third laws of thermodynamics, with regard to the usable energy of a closed system:[3][4][5][6]

0. There is a game (consequence of zeroth law of thermodynamics)

1. You can't win. (consequence of first law of thermodynamics)

2. You can't break even. (consequence of second law of thermodynamics)

3. You can't even get out of the game. (consequence of third law of thermodynamics)

It is sometimes stated as a general adage without specific reference to the laws of thermodynamics.[7][8][9]

References

1. ^{{Cite journal | date = 1975 | title = Article | url = | journal = Coevolution Quarterly | page = 135 | doi = | pmid = |access-date=}}
2. ^{{Cite web | url = http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0054320 | title = Michael Jackson "You Can't Win" Sheet Music in F Major (transposable) – Download & Print | last = Charlie | first = Smalls, | website = Musicnotes.com|access-date=2016-05-05}}
3. ^{{cite book | author = Bloch, Arthur | title = Murphy's Law | publisher = Perigee | location = New York, N.Y | year = 2003 | page = 20 | isbn = 0-399-52930-6 | oclc = | doi = | accessdate =}}
4. ^{{cite book | author1 = Zanella, Andrew | author2 = Copp, Newton | title = Discovery, innovation, and risk: case studies in science and technology | publisher = MIT Press | location = Cambridge, Mass | year = 1993 | pages = 142 | isbn = 0-262-53111-9 | oclc = | doi = | accessdate =}}
5. ^{{cite book | author = Jim August | title = Applied reliability-centered maintenance | publisher = PennWell | location = Tulsa, Okla | year = 1999 | pages = 341 | isbn = 0-87814-746-2 | oclc = | doi = | accessdate =}}
6. ^{{cite book | author = Philip Ackerman-Leist | title = Up Tunket Road: The Education of a Modern Homesteader | publisher = Chelsea Green Publishing | location = White River Junction, VT | year = 2010 | page = 217 | isbn = 1-60358-033-6 | oclc = | doi = | accessdate =}}
7. ^{{cite book | author1 = Robert A. Bethem | author2 = Boyd, Robert W. | author3 = Bob Boyd | author4 = Cecilia Basic | title = Trace quantitative analysis by mass spectrometry | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | location = Chichester | year = 2008 | page = 109 | isbn = 0-470-05771-8 | oclc = | doi = | accessdate =}}
8. ^{{cite book | author = Newhouse, John | title = Boeing versus Airbus: The Inside Story of the Greatest International Competition in Business (Vintage) | publisher = Vintage | location = London | year = 2008 | page = 4 | isbn = 1-4000-7872-5 | oclc = | doi = | accessdate =}}
9. ^{{cite book | author = Mastrosimone, William | title = The woolgatherer: a play in two acts | publisher = S. French | location = New York | year = 1981 | page = 36 | isbn = 0-573-61821-6 | oclc = | doi = | accessdate =}}

External links

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