Exhalation (short story)

"Exhalation"
Short story by Ted Chiang
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inEclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy
Publication typeshort story
Publication dateNovember 15, 2008

"Exhalation" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ted Chiang about the second law of thermodynamics. It was first published in 2008 in the anthology Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan. In 2019, the story was included in the collection of short stories Exhalation: Stories.