Entropy Is Not Disorder: A Physicist’s Perspective

Entropy is often treated as synonymous to chaos and disorder. But what is it really? In this article, we explore how entropy is more about ignorances.

Tim Lou, PhD
The Startup
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6 min readJun 21, 2020

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From the “invisible force” to the “harbinger of chaos,” you may have heard quite a few sensational phrases describing entropy.

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Tim Lou, PhD
The Startup

Data Scientist @ TTD | ex Physics Researcher @ Berkeley/LBNL | PhD @ Princeton | Podcast host @ quirkcast.org