Feature A New View of Gravity Entropy and information may be crucial concepts for explaining roots of familiar force By Tom Siegfried September 10, 2010 at 2:39 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Explaining gravity to a small child is simple: All you have to say is, what goes up must come down. OSMOSIS AND ENTROPY In osmosis, water flows across a membrane because of an entropy gradient. Something similar may explain the force of gravity.