Equilibrium And The Dentist In Poughkeepsie

2026-03-23 10:00:00 ET

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

– John Muir, Scottish-born American naturalist and writer

When we think of the word “equilibrium,” a whole range of meanings may come to mind

“Supply equals demand.” (market clearing)

“All deficits and surpluses add to zero.” (accounting identity)

“Things are temporarily stable, with no impetus to change.” (steady state)

“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction” (Newton’s Third Law)

“Nature keeps perfect books. What changes on one side is balanced on the other. Every change in spin, charge, and momentum in one place is exactly accounted for elsewhere, so the totals never change.” (Law of conservation)

“Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed. (Lavoisier’s maxim)...

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