Entropy - Sixty Symbols

Broken vases, cups of tea and a scientist's tombstone - welcome to the world of entropy. More phsyics at http://www.sixtysymbols.com/

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[Entrepreneur101]

Each element (⁴⁸₂₆Ti, ¹⁶₈O, ¹H, etc) water (i.e., H₂O = O₂ ⇆ H₂) has its own matter phase state (e.g., solid ⇆ liquid ⇆ gas).

Increase Of Entropy: ICE (a solid) → WATER (a liquid) → STEAM (a gas).

Decrease Of Entropy: STEAM (a gas) → WATER (a liquid) → ICE (a solid).

As for physics, physical law(s) &, or analytical logic, a decrease of entropy represent a increase in weight & a decrease in pressure.

Also, a increase of entropy represent a decrease in weight & a increase in pressure.

[captwasabi]

So it's not impossible that Charlie Theron will appear at my door begging me pleasure her as she has never been pleasured before. It's just highly highly improbable.

So what you're saying is that there is at least a possibilty of this happening!

WOOT!

[ambarigreyson3000]

im using this excuse next time i have to clean my room

[motionapplied]

interesting that it's not called "law of entropy". and it's interesting that it seems to be a "paradox" (if only you'd know what "para-" and "dicere"means...) to the "law of conservation"

of energy. but that's just a repetition of the former "paradox" of light being a particle, a wave (and a field) - which is the result of not giving any data about the degrees of the scale dimension these phenomena are observed (who are named homonymously).

[aluisious]

@HybridAffliction I hope you like math. I mean really like math, the kind of person who likes to solve math problems for fun. I had the opportunity to go to UCLA to study physics, but I didn't like math. I could do it, and I thought I'd just grit my teeth and slog through it. Turns out that if you don't actually enjoy doing math, studying physics is a little like trying to be a chef who doesn't like using ingredients.

I'm still very impressed with physics and physicists.

[HybridAffliction]

Wow, I want to go to the University of Nottingham and study physics/quantum physics/theoretical physics etc. XD XD (I'm just finishing my GCSE's, so it's not that unlikely i do go XD)

[Mikhinja]

@EightAlek I don't mean to upset you, but that's exactly how you approach teaching I think. How else can you explain something to someone who hasn't come accross anything remotely similar to the topic in mind, but by using analogies - which in this type of scenario will surely be quite poor.

Instead of trolling I would consider much more helpful if you could provide a better analogy or means of explaining to the general public in a 5 minute video.

[blakenator123]

thank god you smashed that vase, I did not understand what he meant when he said something about dropping a vase haha

[Ulti2k]

uuh at 1:06 i smell philandering :-)

[Aviatorsmith]

@1MrKoolbad The physicists over there know that. They are simplifying it for normal people who watch these videos. There is another video of the equation which shows the proper equation e^2 = m^2*c^4 + p^2*c^2

[vertexgo]

@1MrKoolbad: to most people on the planet it means nothing at all. and to those who say that it means something to them - most of them don't apply it so that some product and/or service comes out of it.