Francis T. O'Donovan

Principal Data Scientist at TriNet – Planet discoverer, researcher, developer, geek.

Entropy Explained, With Sheep

October 2, 2020 less than 1 minute read

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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