What does your bedroom, the polar ice caps, and a black hole have in common? All of these objects are consistently and spontaneously increasing in disorder; they are moving towards maximum entropy. Entropy, in its simplest definition, represents the amount of disorder present in a particular system. The disorder of a system tends to increase unless energy is expended to order it again. The easiest way to imagine this is in your bedroom. Even after you’ve cleaned and organized your bedroom, over time, it becomes disorganized and messy again. The only way to return your room to its original organized…
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