entropy

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Rather than lowering the energy cost of the reaction, the electric field makes the process favorable by increasing entropy.

From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026

"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

I was afraid that if Bekenstein found out about it, he would use it as a further argument to support his ideas about the entropy of black holes, which I still did not like.

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