Francis T. O'Donovan

Data Science Manager at Hospital IQ – Planet discoverer, researcher, developer, geek.

Entropy Explained, With Sheep

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All Physics students learn the Second Law of Thermodynamics, that entropy always increases. But not all such students understand why this is. To do this, let’s try counting sheep…!

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