I seen a physics documentary a while ago and this dude was saying how entropy relates to human aging, which ultimately leads to death. Is this true? I havent done physics since highschool but i know its the second law of thermodynamics and is the function ds=σq/t but then could you say that this function represents human death or would there be another way to denote that?
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Forget the mathematical definition of entropy, it will do you no good when everything is far more complicated than just heat transfer.
During normal human body operation, entropy is generated within the human body due to there being irreversible processes within. This entropy can either be rejected either as heat rejection, or it can be rejected in our excreted substances, like carbon dioxide. It might even remain within the human body.
When it does remain within the human body, that is how it can contribute to death.
During normal human body operation, entropy is generated within the human body due to there being irreversible processes within. This entropy can either be rejected either as heat rejection, or it can be rejected in our excreted substances, like carbon dioxide. It might even remain within the human body.
When it does remain within the human body, that is how it can contribute to death.