Physics · Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
A topic within Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Physics.
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Arthur Eddington
Argues that the second law of thermodynamics, not any law of mechanics, is what gives time its direction, coining the phrase 'time's arrow'.
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Argues that entropy is a count of indistinguishable microstates rather than a measure of disorder, and that the popular framing is what makes the second law seem mysterious.
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