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Let entropy be a measurement of information and be dimensionless.

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If entropy had been recognized from the outset as a measure of information, or of uncertainty, then it would be dimensionless, and the burden of carrying the units of energy would be transferred to the temperature T.1

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  1. A Farewell to Entropy - Statistical Thermodynamics Based on Information p xvi↩︎

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February 17, 2021
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