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* Lord Kelvin's death in 1907 "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin not related to heat death of universe | * Lord Kelvin's death in 1907 "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin not related to heat death of universe]," according to investigators. | ||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
Revision as of 09:29, 16 June 2016
The heat death of the universe is a possible ultimate fate of the universe in which the universe has diminished to a state of no thermodynamic free energy and therefore can no longer sustain processes that increase entropy (including computation and life).
Heat death does not imply any particular absolute temperature; it only requires that temperature differences or other processes may no longer be exploited to perform work.
In the language of physics, this is when the universe reaches thermodynamic equilibrium (maximum entropy).
In the News
Green Lanterns are not going to let this "Heat death of the universe" go down without a fight.
Fiction cross-reference
- The heat-death of those who deserve it - a set of liturgical subroutines attributed to Brainiac (nonfiction).
Footnotes:
- Lord Kelvin's death in 1907 "not related to heat death of universe," according to investigators.
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Brainiac (nonfiction)
- Computation (nonfiction)
- Green Lantern (nonfiction)
- Power ring (DC Comics) (nonfiction)
External links:
- Heat death of the universe @ Wikipedia