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Why does a hot coffee cool down? Because the energy wants to spread from the hot cup to the cooler room. Why can't we un-scramble an egg? Because that would require energy to concentrate, which would decrease entropy, which is statistically impossible.

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In a personal review, a chemistry educator noted that reading Atkins' book reignited a passion for physical chemistry, a field they thought they had left behind. He highlights how Atkins frames the second law not as an abstract rule, but as the very engine of the universe, stating, "All our actions, from digestion to artistic creation, are at heart captured by the essence of the operation of the steam engine". Why does a hot coffee cool down