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Must the origin of the universe be non-physical? [duplicate]
Since the 2nd law of thermodynamics says the universe's entropy is constantly increasing, then its initial entropy must have been smaller than it is today.
However, no known physical law can reduce ...
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Statistical physics in cosmolgy
In https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Sept03/Trodden/Trodden4_2.html and also in Mo et al. (Galaxy Formation and Evolution) the number density, energy density and pressure of the different particle ...
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Why was the universe in an extraordinarily low-entropy state right after the big bang?
Let me start by saying that I have no scientific background whatsoever. I am very interested in science though and I'm currently enjoying Brian Greene's The Fabric of the Cosmos. I'm at chapter 7 and ...
Kristof Claes