The concept of entropy was developed in the 19th century in

The concept of entropy was developed in the 19th century, in order to study the efficiency of the steam engine, largely through the work of Sadi Carnot, Rudolph Clausius and Lord Kelvin. However, it has had major implications well beyond the realm of engineering including impacting the thought, philosophy, and theology of 19th century Europe. Go web and find a non-engineering topic in which entropy plays a major role. Describe it in 100 words and cite your source(s)

Solution

Entropy is disorderness in a system. Natural tendency is to lower the energy of a system.

BOOKS ARRANGED IN A LIBRARY:

When books are arranged properly in a library, we find it easy to locate the book without expending too much of energy. It is because the books are ordered or they are less disordered. Therefore, the entropy is less. Hence, we easily find the book with use of less energy.

Suppose, the books are disordered. The entropy is high. We spend too much of energy arranging the books and ultimately, find the required one. So, more energy is spent for higher entropy systems.

SOURCE: https://understandinguncertainty.org/another-look-entropy

Other example: Deck of cards