Entropy
5 stories tagged Entropy.
What Physics Actually Knows About Time
Brian Greene walks WIRED through relativity, entropy, and the arrow of time—and arrives at a question physics still can't answer: does time actually exist?
Maxwell's Demon and the Physics of Information
Maxwell's Demon and the Physics of Information
Physicist John Goold explains how a 19th-century thought experiment about entropy became central to quantum mechanics, computation, and the nature of information.
Why Physics Has No Preferred Direction of Time
Why Physics Has No Preferred Direction of Time
Physics equations work equally well forwards or backwards in time. So why does time feel so irreversibly one-directional? The answer is stranger than you'd expect.
Physics Says Time Has No Direction. So Why Does It Feel Like It Does?
Physics Says Time Has No Direction. So Why Does It Feel Like It Does?
Physicist Sean Carroll explains why the laws of physics are time-symmetric — and why that has more to say about regret and urgency than you'd expect.
Does Reality Require Us? Exploring Quantum Mysteries
Does Reality Require Us? Exploring Quantum Mysteries
Unpack the role of observers in reality, exploring quantum mechanics, entropy, and the nature of existence.