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    Francis T. O'Donovan

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

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    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…!

    Entropy Explained, With Sheep

    Tags: entropy, physics

    Categories: posts

    Updated: October 2, 2020

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