A Matter of Degrees Quotes

“Clausius summarized his application of entropy to thermodynamics in two dramatic phrases that had a big impact at the time. They were (1) First Law: The energy of the universe is constant, and (2) Second Law: The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum.”
― Gino Segrè, A Matter of Degrees: What Temperature Reveals about the Past and Future of Our Species, Planet, and Universe