Thermodynamics, The Second Law: You Can't Break Even

The laws of thermodynamics govern the flow of energy - from your
coffee cup to the sparse plasma floating between stars to the
formation of black holes. 

And, in short, they are:

You can't win.
You can't break even.
You can't get out of the game.

These laws, which were first derived by dreaming of ideal heat
engines, turned out to have profound and vital physical and
philosophical consequences. Far from just relating to an
arbitrary concept called "temperature", they can teach us about
how the Universe began - and how it will all, inevitably
end.

This episode deals with the Second Law of Thermodynamics -
regarding the inevitable increase of entropy and the ultimate
fate of the Universe. This is a law so philosophically profound
that it is believed by many to have contributed to the suicide of
one of its discoverers, Boltzmann. So, while you're still acting
to keep your own entropy low by increasing the entropy of the
Universe (a.k.a fighting the good fight), take a
listen.  

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