Monday, February 7, 2011

Entropy Made Visible

Entropy Made Visible
Mon, 07 Feb 2011 02:02:10 -0600

Magnetic "stick and ball " construction toys first used to understand entropy

The magnetic "stick and ball " construction toys first used to understand entropy, the number of different ways in which particles are able to arrange themselves.

Scientists have long studied how atoms and molecules structure themselves into intricate clusters, but ...

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