<P> Thus , if entropy is associated with disorder and if the entropy of the universe is headed towards maximal entropy , then many are often puzzled as to the nature of the `` ordering '' process and operation of evolution in relation to Clausius ' most famous version of the second law , which states that the universe is headed towards maximal `` disorder '' . In the recent 2003 book SYNC -- the Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order by Steven Strogatz , for example , we find `` Scientists have often been baffled by the existence of spontaneous order in the universe . The laws of thermodynamics seem to dictate the opposite , that nature should inexorably degenerate toward a state of greater disorder , greater entropy . Yet all around us we see magnificent structures -- galaxies , cells , ecosystems , human beings -- that have all somehow managed to assemble themselves . '' </P>
<P> Thus , if entropy is associated with disorder and if the entropy of the universe is headed towards maximal entropy , then many are often puzzled as to the nature of the `` ordering '' process and operation of evolution in relation to Clausius ' most famous version of the second law , which states that the universe is headed towards maximal `` disorder '' . In the recent 2003 book SYNC -- the Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order by Steven Strogatz , for example , we find `` Scientists have often been baffled by the existence of spontaneous order in the universe . The laws of thermodynamics seem to dictate the opposite , that nature should inexorably degenerate toward a state of greater disorder , greater entropy . Yet all around us we see magnificent structures -- galaxies , cells , ecosystems , human beings -- that have all somehow managed to assemble themselves . '' </P>
which law of thermodynamics states that the entropy or randomness of the universe is increasing
which law of thermodynamics states that the entropy or randomness of the universe is increasing
the second law
the second law