On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 7:12:34 AM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: > > If the early universe, say before the emergence of the CMBR, consisted of > a random collection of electrons and photons, wouldn't this correspond to a > *high*, not low entropy? Wouldn't it be analogous to gas with many > possible states? Yet cosmologists seem hard pressed to explain an initial > or early state assuming the entropy is low. AG >
Here's an easier question: when Boltzmann defined entropy as S = k * log N, why the log; why not just k*N? AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/c5d35bdf-8cdd-4ad2-aa03-6d4a6577ebbb%40googlegroups.com.
