A Fresh Take on Disorder, Or Disorderly Science?
- 23 August 2002
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 297 (5585) , 1268-1269
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.297.5585.1268
Abstract
A maverick physicist has proposed a new definition of entropy, and his idea has split the small and already contentious community of statistical physicists like a cue ball opening a game of pool. Supporters say the new definition extends the reach of statistical mechanics to important new classes of problems. Skeptics counter that the new theory amounts to little more than fiddling with a fudge factor.Keywords
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