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A-Z of thought: Thermodynamics

Russell Stannard

Two photographs, one showing a car in showroom condition, and the other the same car as a rusting heap that cannot pass its MOT. Which came first? The answer is obvious. Or take a photo showing a factory chimney, and another featuring a pile of rubble. Again we know which came first. Chimneys collapse; they do not build themselves out of rubble.

These are examples of the Second Law of Thermodynamics at work. Disorder increases with time. Left to its own devices, a …

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