ENTROPY
second law · audio‑visual study
no. 01
entropy s0.000
temp2.7 K
Σs universe0.00
log₁₀w0
elapsed00:00
◀ order / crystalcrystallisationheat death ▶
ΔS ≥ 0hold h — instructionsirreversible
s(t) · history of a closed system
time memory
work · available
INSTRUCTIONS
you may act upon the system. you may not repeal its law.
movestir the field — inject heat, disorder the lattice
hold clickcompress matter into a crystal — a local debt against the future
clickheat pulse — a shock that can never be taken back
T / ←run time backwards — the only lawful way to lower entropy
spacehold time still
Rbegin a new universe — the ledger of the old one remains
Msilence
Hclose this
Entropy is not a force. It is a counting of the ways things could be. Ordered states are rare. So they are borrowed, and the debt is paid in heat.
press h to return to the void
an interactive study

ENTROPY

ΔS ≥ 0
“The universe is a closed book that is slowly being shuffled.
Every now and then, by pure accident, a page lands the right way up.”
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