Natural Science
Volume 6, Issue 7 (April 2014)
ISSN Print: 2150-4091 ISSN Online: 2150-4105
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A Coherent View on Entropy ()
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Informational entropy is often identified as physical entropy. This is surprising because the two quantities are differently defined and furthermore the former is a subjective quantity while the latter is an objective one. We describe the problems and then present a possible view that reconciles the two entropies. Informational entropy of a system is interpreted as physical entropy of a whole composed of both the system and “memories” containing information about the system.
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