Wordie: Entropy: Comments

Comment by TheBigHenry, 3 months ago

Fri, 23 May 2008 15:02:02 +0000

The Second Law of Thermodynamics specifies that entropy, the measure of randomness in a closed physical system, increases with time. Entropy is that physical phenomenon responsible for the inexorable expansion of the universe toward a state of complete dissipation of useful, creative if you will it, energy. This, crucially, does not obviate the possibility of temporary localized reductions in entropy, however.

Comment by bilby, 4 months ago

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:52:18 +0000

Great quote.

Comment by frindley, 4 months ago

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:30:11 +0000

"What's happening to your tea is happening to everything everywhere. The sun and the stars. It'll take a while but we're all going to end up at room temperature."
(Tom Stoppard, Arcadia)

Comment by SonofGroucho, 9 months ago

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:17:00 +0000

This is also a term used in thermodynamics.

As heard in . . .

Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:42:33 +0000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 6, Episode 3 - "Obscene"