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The enduring question remains: Why does this process of disorder naturally occur? For instance, in a box of perfectly arranged molecules, why do they end up in a more chaotic state over time? The pursuit to unravel this mystery occupied many physicists for decades.
A Personal Passion for Physics
As a child fascinated by space travel, I immersed myself in understanding the mechanics behind spacecraft and, in turn, physics itself. A significant turning point in this journey occurred at the age of twelve when I received a collection of college physics textbooks. One volume covered statistical physics, which captured my interest thanks to illustrations of molecules transitioning from order to disorder—a visualization that sparked an enduring curiosity.