I passed by a bookshelf in my living room the other day and stared at the layer of dust on the picture frames. I just dusted not that long ago and now I have to do it again along with more vacuuming and picking up the clutter. Thanks to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, I get to clean and clean and clean again.
There are three consistently observable laws in nature that relate to heat and power (i.e. thermodynamics). The second law is sometimes called the Law of Increased Entropy. While the qu...
Published on November 25, 2013 04:00