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The Origin of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

I remember when I learned about the second law of thermodynamics: that the total entropy of a closed system can only increase where entropy is a measure of the disorder of a system.  When I learned this I remember thinking: why did anyone make an equation to describe disorder?  How did they make an equation …

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