From: Richard Guy <richard@guyy.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet
Subject: [sci.chem] S is for entropy
Date: 15 Apr 1997 13:46:01 -0700

Subject: Re: S is for entropy 
From: tm37@acme.gatech.edu (Thomas Merchant)
Newsgroups: sci.chem

rhlamb@delphi.com wrote:

> 
>Does anyone know the origin of the symbol "S" for entropy?  This cam up
>last week and is bothering our chemistry folk.
> 
>Thanks.
No, but on the subject, a professor here recently put up on his white
board: "S happens". His office is a good example of entropy at work!