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Information theory and evolution / John Avery

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2022Edition: 3rd edDescription: xii, 316 pISBN:
  • 9789811253096
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 577.0727 AVE-I
Summary: This highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution, against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems. As the author shows, this paradox has its resolution in the information content of the Gibbs free energy that enters the biosphere from outside sources.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution, against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems. As the author shows, this paradox has its resolution in the information content of the Gibbs free energy that enters the biosphere from outside sources.

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