EntropyK.C.ColeUni.ofSouthernCaliforniaThisisanessaytopopularizescientificknowledge.★authorandconceptofentropy★featuresofentropy★2originalideas:1.Entropyisnotinevitableeverywhere,…Crystalsandsnowflakesandgalaxiesareislandsofincrediblybeautyinthemidstofrandomevents.2.Creatingorderinonecorneroftheuniversealwayscreatsmoredisordersomewhereelse.★wordsassociatedwith“entropy”Unit6EntropyK.C.ColeUni.ofSouthernCaliforniaTheAuthorK.C.Cole,along-timesciencewriterfortheLosAngelesTimes,isaprofessoratUSCAnnenberg'sSchoolofJournalism.DescribedbyAmazon.comas“theLeonardodaVinciofsciencewriting,”sheistheauthorofeightnonfictionbooks.Cole’srecentradiocommentariescanbeheardonAmericanPublicMedia'sMarketplace;shewasalsoasciencecommentatorforKPCC(SouthernCaliforniaPublicRadio)andyear-endcommentatorforNPR’sScienceFridayandBBC’sWorldService.BeforecomingtoUSC,shedevelopedandtaughtcoursesonsciencewritingandcultureatYale,WesleyanandUCLA..Unit6EntropyK.C.ColeUni.ofSouthernCaliforniaHerbooks:SomethingIncrediblyWonderfulHappens:FrankOppenheimerandtheWorldHeMadeUpFirstYouBuildaCloud:ReflectionsonPhysicsasaWayofLifeMindOverMatter:ConversationswiththeCosmosTheUniverseandtheTeacup:TheMathematicsofTruthandBeautyTheHoleintheUniverse:HowScientistsPeeredOvertheEdgeofEmptinessandFoundEverythingBetweentheLines:SearchingforSpaceBetweenFeminismandFemininityandOtherTightSpotsWhatOnlyaMotherCanTellYouAboutHavingaBabyEntropyK.C.ColeUni.ofSouthernCaliforniaWhentheuniversespeaks,astronomerslisten.Whenitsings,theyswoon.-----MurmursbyK.C.ColeUnit6EntropyK.C.ColeUni.ofSouthernCaliforniaEntropyWithinthermodynamicsandstatisticalmechanics,entropyisameasureofthenumberofrandomwaysinwhichasystemmaybearranged;oftentakentobeameasureof"disorder".Increasesinentropycorrespondtoirreversiblechangesinasystem,reducingthesystem'sabilitytodoworkasenergyislosttoirretrievableheat.Ininformationtheory,entropyisameasureoftheuncertaintyassociatedwitharandomvariable.RudolfClausius,theoriginatoroftheconceptofentropyUnit6Entrop...
