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The art and science of Entropy

 

         The art and science of Entropy

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In 1865, Rudolf Clausius coined the word - Entropy
to describe the undoing of 'Being' :
the thermodynamic collapse of physical systems into increasing levels of disorder and uncertainty - the dissolution of cohesion along the arrow of time.

Inescapable, Irreversible, Inclining towards Indiscriminate 'Dust'
this transformation of Order into Disorder
Constancy to Discontinuity
is how we register "change" - and distinguish one moment from the next!

without entropy - Universe will be vast eternal stillness -
a frozen finity in which 'Before' and 'After' is one
without entropy - there would be no Time - no us - the creatures of time!

Clausius derived the word Entropy - from the word 'Trope'
which means transformation
Entropy is the twin of energy
Entropy is the taker of Life, Energy is the Giver of Life

you need the Energy to fight Entropy!

but you also need Entropy!
Sun is an example of that: the extinguishing star:
that is shedding the thermal energy into the cold sublime of space and time

we are alive, only because, Sun is burning out!
without entropy, there would be no Us!

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Maria Popova       

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