#2318: Dynamic Entropy

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Dynamic

“It’s impossible to use the word ‘dynamic’ in the pejorative sense… Thus, I thought ‘Dynamic Programming’ was a good name.”

Richard Bellman, explaining how he picked a name for his math research to try to protect it from criticism (Eye of the Hurricane, 1984)

Entropy

“You should call it ‘Entropy’… No one knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage.”

John von Neumann, to Claude Shannon, on why he should borrow the physics term in information theory (as told to Myron Tribus)

Dynamic Entropy

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Science Tip: If you have a cool concept you need a name for, try “Dynamic Entropy.”