Single Idea 19950

[catalogued under 27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / d. Entropy]

Full Idea

All our physical laws are time-symmetric, ...so things can run forwards or backwards. But entropy is an exception, saying that disorder increases over time. Many physicists therefore suspect that the flow of time is linked to entropy.

Gist of Idea

Entropy is the only time-asymmetric law, so time may be linked to entropy

Source

New Scientist writers (New Scientist articles [2013], 2017.02.04)

Book Reference

-: 'New Scientist magazine' [ 2013], p.31


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