{"id":12798,"date":"2016-05-07T08:25:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T15:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/?p=12798"},"modified":"2016-05-07T08:25:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T15:25:59","slug":"entropic-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preposterousuniverse.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/07\/entropic-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Entropic Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A temporary break from book-related blogging to bring you this delightful video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acapellascience\">A Capella Science<\/a>, in which Tim Blais sings about entropy while apparently violating one of my favorite laws of physics. I don&#8217;t even want to think about how much work this was to put together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Entropic Time (Backwards Billy Joel Parody) | A Capella Science\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_i6rVHr6OwjI\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/i6rVHr6OwjI\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i6rVHr6OwjI\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M10S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-05-06T21:00:27Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_i6rVHr6OwjI\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/i6rVHr6OwjI\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Entropic Time (Backwards Billy Joel Parody) | A Capella Science<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/i6rVHr6OwjI\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/i6rVHr6OwjI\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Entropic Time (Backwards Billy Joel Parody) | A Capella Science\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"SPONSOR ME ON PATREON: http:\/\/patreon.com\/acapellascience SUBSCRIBE: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acapellascience?sub_confirmation=1 ---END SCREEN LINKS--- A CAPELLA SCIENCE SWAG MP3: BANDCAMP https:\/\/timblais.bandcamp.com\/track\/entropic-time POSTER: http:\/\/store.dftba.com\/products\/bohemian-gravity-poster VIDEO LINKS &quot;Making Of&quot; video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=54nAOaEe_Fw Sean Carroll lecture: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rEr-t17m2Fo SUBSCRIBE to A Capella Science on YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/acapellascience SUPPORT A CAPELLA SCIENCE ON PATREON: http:\/\/patreon.com\/acapellascience -----SOCIAL MEDIA----- FACEBOOK: http:\/\/facebook.com\/acapellascience TWITTER: http:\/\/twitter.com\/acapellascience INSTAGRAM: http:\/\/instagram.com\/acapellascience -----LYRICS----- READ LYRICS HERE: https:\/\/timblais.bandcamp.com\/track\/entropic-time -----THANKS TO ALL MY PATREON SUPPORTERS----- Bruce Mount, Aaron Kannan Warnongbri, eric pardoe, Alex Karantza, Jeff Shaevel, Donal Botkin, mm, William Sikkema, Britton Park, Syd Hackworth, Nathan Williams, Steve Condas, Elliott Sumers, iain , Antha Auciello, Jonathan Zucker, Sharon Hilchie , Mark Abbott, Sam Dick, Andrew Elgin, Carl-Johan R. Nordang\u00c3\u00a5rd, Jennifer Hoffman, Marco Biagini, bryan salas, FinalLancer , Marisa Cohen, Bryant Adams, Maggi Rohde, Jeppe Kusk, Rick Bock, ravenigma , John Ouellette, D Turner, Anastasia Sares, Will Handy, Marcus N\u00c3\u00a4slund, Richard W Evert, Matthew Pounsett, Erisa Isak, Brandon C., Yvonne Kwok-Lin, Patrick Walling-Laperriere, Jill Murphy, Kevin Brewster, BettyLou Hooke, Torsten Hvidt, DigitalCosmos , Ocean &amp; Lunea McIntyre, Tybie Fitzhugh, Quantum Cat, Eric Nickell, Ruth Perry, Douglas Szper, Nathan Stitt, Marco McCain, David Perruchoud, H.H.Lewis , Tina Johnston, Marshall Gatten, Helen Guy, Xin Ye, Phillip Broussard, Brenna , Philip Freeman, Mark Rose, Bart Alewijnse, Migael Strydom, Kristen Berg, Alexandre Orthey, Conor Comiconor, Martin Meijer, Jaco Dippenaar, Jesse Rifkin, Lee Busch, Don Fleuren, SoikerNahmu , Danny Ben-David, Jeramy Johnson, Richard Holmes, Ashford Privette, Ted Pettus, rodney elin, Andrew Furer, Maria Bargu\u00c3\u00a9s Ribera, Tim Marshall, Eric , Braxton Thomason, Erin Penn, Sacha , Jennifer Szlasa, Caz Hosier, Jeremy Waters, Hanna Anderberg, Kamila Sou\u00c4\u008dkov\u00c3\u00a1, Raluca Pantilie, Bethan Griffiths, Pete R, S\u00c3\u00a9bastien Auget, Michael Borland, Evan Hughes, William Gentry, Kevin Turner, John Hart, Heather Brooks, Tobychev , Eric Van Oeveren, Kathleen Booth, Paul Nicholls, dave sanderson, Pastafarian Woman, Matthew Norton, Michael Askew, James , Remy Goldschmidt, Dr. Patricia Kane, John Campbell, Amy Stringer, Nan Zingrone, Jonathan Feinberg, Will , Val Delane, Caelan Ritter, Ed Powell, Mike Clarke, Amanda Caldwell, Hugo The Poet, Shahin , Kristy , Axyz Grid, Antoine Deleforge, Mike Matessa, Len Dvorkin, Henning Krause, Aleksi , Thomas Wiecki, Lois , Andrew Mitchell, Douglas Sweetser, Dale Rickman, Marie Gravelle, Leif D. Hille, Laura K\u00c3\u00b6nig, Jeremiah Grant, Don Klabunde, Clay , Steven Veeneman, Susan Wilson, Nicole Sidebottom, Joe Mako, Teresa , Jango37 , No Reward, wls@rainfarm.com , Brian Garvey, David Kelly, Amanda Peet, Yonatan Bisk, Aryeh Baruch, Elizabeth Greenman, jason black, Louis Zampini\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Tim was gracious enough to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acapellascience\/status\/728697153502236672\">tip his hat<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rEr-t17m2Fo\">a lecture of mine<\/a> as partial inspiration for the video. And now that I think about it, entropy and the arrow of time play crucial roles in <em>The Big Picture<\/em>. So this is a book-related blog post after all! Had you fooled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A temporary break from book-related blogging to bring you this delightful video from A Capella Science, in which Tim Blais sings about entropy while apparently violating one of my favorite laws of physics. I don&#8217;t even want to think about how much work this was to put together. 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