Entropy is a measure of disorder or information content in a system, first postulated by [[Lazare Carnot]] in 1803.
Entropy is a measure of disorder or information content in a system, first postulated by [[Lazare Carnot]] in 1803.
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The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy will always increase over time within a closed system, defining a closed system as one in which neither matter nor energy may enter or leave.
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The second law of thermodynamics states that entropy will always increase over time within a [[closed system]], defining a closed system as one in which neither matter nor energy may enter or leave.