entropy

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"He was like, 'it's about atrophy and entropy and the forces of the universe'," he said.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

It would be easier to argue that the best defense against entropy is to stand athwart any change in taste and manners, as Plato advised in the “Republic.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Based on this picture, it seems reasonable to assume that the disorder of the system, known as entropy, should change between the early parton phase and the later hadron phase.

From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2026

A team led by the University of Oxford has uncovered an unexpected contributor to entropy in quantum timekeeping: the act of measurement itself.

From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025

This state would be less ordered, and hence have more entropy, than the initial state of two separate boxes.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking