Arrow of time
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The arrow of time, also called time's arrow, is the concept positing the "one-way direction" or "asymmetry" of time. It was developed in 1927 by the British astrophysicist Arthur Eddington, and is an
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944)
Second law of thermodynamics
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The second law of thermodynamics is a physical law based on universal empirical observation concerning heat and energy interconversions. A simple statement of the law is that heat always flows spontan
Arrow of time
…perceived different stimuli. The arrow of time is the "one-way direction" or "asymmetry" of time. The thermodynamic arrow of time is provided by the second law of thermodynamics, which says that in an isolated system, entropy tends to increase with time. Entropy can be thought of as a measure of microscopic disorder; thus the…
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in the traditional uniform of a student of the École Polytechnique
Rudolf Clausius
James Clerk Maxwell