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Added a sentence on how the change in entropy is independent of the path taken
Entropy is undeniable and yet creates perhaps insurmountable difficulties for many modern theories of physics. For example, it renders time asymmetric, resulting in an [[arrow of time]] that is impossible to reconcile with the [[theory of relativity]]. Increasing entropy renders the [[theory of evolution]] implausible, because that theory claims that order is increasing. [[Liberal denial]] is thus common in ignoring the significance of the increase in disorder.
Entropy is undeniable and yet creates perhaps insurmountable difficulties for many modern theories of physics. For example, it renders time asymmetric, resulting in an [[arrow of time]] that is impossible to reconcile with the [[theory of relativity]]. Increasing entropy renders the [[theory of evolution]] implausible, because that theory claims that order is increasing. [[Liberal denial]] is thus common in ignoring the significance of the increase in disorder.
The entropy of a system only depends on the state the system is currently in. The change in entropy therefore only depends on the initial and final states of that system, and not the path taken by the system to reach that final state.
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
where <math>i</math> and <math>f</math> represent the initial and final states of the system.
where <math>i</math> and <math>f</math> represent the initial and final states of the system.
====Example of Thermodynamic Entropy====
====Example of Thermodynamic Entropy====
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