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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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It ran on 110 volts DC supplied by a large army diesel engine that sat on the back of a truck parked outside. Similarly, to understand the second law of thermodynamics, it might take years of specialized study to derive intellectual satisfaction from it, but people needed only a few building blocks to get the gist of the physics.

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