Entropy

Cosma / Communication / Knowledge / Form / Foundation / Theory / System / Entropy
—————————

Introduction1

The Good Stuff (YouTube Channel)

Dictionary

entropy : a process of degradation or running down or a trend to disorder — Merriam-Webster   See also OneLook

Thesaurus

Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

Encyclopedia

Entropy is a thermodynamic property that can be used to determine the energy available for useful work in a thermodynamic process, such as in energy conversion devices, engines, or machines. Such devices can only be driven by convertible energy, and have a theoretical maximum efficiency when converting energy to work. During this work, entropy accumulates in the system, which then dissipates in the form of waste heat. — Wikipedia

Entropy (Principia Cybernetica)
Entropy (Encyclopædia Britannica)

———————–

Inspiration

Talks about Entropy (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Entropy (Big Think)

———————

Foundation

Theory

Arrow of time, or Time’s Arrow, is a concept developed in 1927 by the British astronomer Arthur Eddington involving the “one-way direction” or “asymmetry” of time. It is an unsolved general physics question. This direction, according to Eddington, can be determined by studying the organization of atoms, molecules, and bodies, and might be drawn upon a four-dimensional relativistic map of the world (“a solid block of paper”).

Physical processes at the microscopic level are believed to be either entirely or mostly time-symmetric: if the direction of time were to reverse, the theoretical statements that describe them would remain true. Yet at the macroscopic level it often appears that this is not the case: there is an obvious direction (or flow) of time. — Wikipedia

System

Systems Theory/Entropy (Wikiboooks)

————————–

Preservation

History

Entropy (Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Studies of Selected Pivotal Ideas)

Museum

Entropy and Growth: a Museum Reborn (Tim Svenonius, Art 21)

Library

Subject: Entropy (Library Thing)

Subject: Entropy (Open Library)

Subject: Entropy (UPenn Online Books)

Subject: TEntropy (Library of Congress)

Subject: Entropy (WorldCat)

—————————

Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Course

Entropy Courses (edX)

Community

News

Entropy (JSTOR)
Entropy (Phys.org)
Entropy (NPR Archives)

Government

Document

Entropy (USA.gov)

———————-

Expression

Corrado Carlevaro (YouTube Channel)
Corrado Carlevaro (Official Website)

Humor

Entropy Cartoons (Cartoon Stock)

Toy

FlippyCat (YouTube Channel)

Poem

OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form

returntotop

——–

Related

Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.

Knowledge Form
Foundation
Theory
Philosophy Metaphysics, Logic, Epistemology, Ethics, Aesthetics
System, Cycle, Structure, Growth, Complexity, Control, Disturbance, Entropy, Chaos
Process, Manage, Design, Prototype, Implement, Assess, Revise, Maintain

——

Notes

1.   The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.