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082			_a577.0727 _bAVE-I
100	1		_aAvery, John _911776
245	1	0	_aInformation theory and evolution / _cJohn Avery
250			_a3rd ed.
260			_aNew Jersey : _bWorld Scientific, _c2022
300			_axii, 316 p.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis 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.
546			_aEng
650			_aBiometry-Data processing _911777
650			_aEvolution (Biology)-Statistical methods Data processing _911778
942			_cBK
999			_c140785 _d140785