Arthur Eddington: "The law that entropy always increases—the Second Law of Thermodynamics—holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwellâ
€™s equations—then so much the worse for Maxwell’s equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation—well these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can
give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation."
https://todayinsci.com/E/Eddington_Arthur/EddingtonArthur-Entropy-Quotations.htm
Athel Cornish-Bowden: "The concept of entropy was introduced to thermodynamics by Clausius, who deliberately chose an obscure term for it, wanting a word based on Greek roots that would sound similar to "energy". In this way he hoped to have a word that
would mean the same to everyone regardless of their language, and, as Cooper [2] remarked, he succeeded in this way in finding a word that meant the same to everyone: NOTHING. From the beginning it proved a very difficult concept for other
thermodynamicists, even including such accomplished mathematicians as Kelvin and Maxwell; Kelvin, indeed, despite his own major contributions to the subject, never appreciated the idea of entropy [3]. The difficulties that Clausius created have continued
to the present day, with the result that a fundamental idea that is absolutely necessary for understanding the theory of chemical equilibria continues to give trouble, not only to students but also to scientists who need the concept for their work."
https://www.beilstein-institut.de/download/712/cornishbowden_1.pdf
Scientific American: "When I discussed it with John von Neumann, he had a betÂter idea. Von Neumann told me, 'You should call it entropy, for two reasons. In the first place your uncertainty funcÂtion has been used in statistical mechanÂics under that
name, so it already has a name. In the second place, and more important, no one knows what entropy really is, so in a debate you will always have the advantage."
https://www.esalq.usp.br/lepse/imgs/conteudo_thumb/Energy-and-Information.pdf
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