Evolution Thermodynamics And Information
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Evolution Thermodynamics And Information
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Author : Jeffrey S. Wicken
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1987
Evolution Thermodynamics And Information written by Jeffrey S. Wicken and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Evolution categories.
This groundbreaking work approaches evolution as an expression of physical laws and thermodynamic theory. It explores the relationship between the molecular processes of evolution and the physical laws that govern biological organization, seeking to explain how the ability to change developed in the earliest organisms and how it is perpetuated today. Dr. Wicken explains how genetic information is organized, how it evolves, and how the chemical and physical properties of the genetic molecules control the type and extent of change possible. With broad implications for scientific methodology, the work outlines a research program that fuses thermodynamic and Darwinian concepts, and integrates literature on the origin of life with evolutionary theory within the context of developmental biology and ecology. Biologists, geneticists, chemists, physicists, and philosophers of science interested in evolution will find this book to be stimulating reading.
Information Entropy And Progress
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Author : Robert U. Ayres
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 1997-05-08
Information Entropy And Progress written by Robert U. Ayres and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-05-08 with Science categories.
Market: Those in economics, especially thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, cybernetics, information theory, resource use, and evolutionary economic behavior. This book presents an innovative and challenging look at evolution on several scales, from the earth and its geology and chemistry to living organisms to social and economic systems. Applying the principles of thermodynamics and the concepts of information gathering and self- organization, the author characterizes the direction of evolution in each case as an accumulation of "distinguishability" information--a type of universal knowledge.
Information Theory And Evolution Third Edition
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Author : John Scales Avery
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2021-11-24
Information Theory And Evolution Third Edition written by John Scales Avery and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-24 with Science categories.
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. Another focus of the book is the role of information in human cultural evolution, which is also discussed with the origin of human linguistic abilities. One of the final chapters addresses the merging of information technology and biotechnology into a new discipline — bioinformation technology.This third edition has been updated to reflect the latest scientific and technological advances. Professor Avery makes use of the perspectives of famous scholars such as Professor Noam Chomsky and Nobel Laureates John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edward Moser to cast light on the evolution of human languages. The mechanism of cell differentiation, and the rapid acceleration of information technology in the 21st century are also discussed.With various research disciplines becoming increasingly interrelated today, Information Theory and Evolution provides nuance to the conversation between bioinformatics, information technology, and pertinent social-political issues. This book is a welcome voice in working on the future challenges that humanity will face as a result of scientific and technological progress.
Entropy Information And Evolution
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Author : Bruce H. Weber
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Release Date : 1987-12-01
Entropy Information And Evolution written by Bruce H. Weber and has been published by MIT Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-12-01 with Political Science categories.
One of the most exciting and controversial areas of scientific research in recent years has been the application of the principles of nonequilibrium thermodynamics to the problems of the physical evolution of the universe, the origins of life, the structure and succession of ecological systems, and biological evolution.
Entropy And The Time Evolution Of Macroscopic Systems
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Author : Walter T. Grandy Jr.
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-06-26
Entropy And The Time Evolution Of Macroscopic Systems written by Walter T. Grandy Jr. and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-26 with Science categories.
This book is based on the premise that the entropy concept, a fundamental element of probability theory as logic, governs all of thermal physics, both equilibrium and nonequilibrium. The variational algorithm of J. Willard Gibbs, dating from the 19th Century and extended considerably over the following 100 years, is shown to be the governing feature over the entire range of thermal phenomena, such that only the nature of the macroscopic constraints changes. Beginning with a short history of the development of the entropy concept by Rudolph Clausius and his predecessors, along with the formalization of classical thermodynamics by Gibbs, the first part of the book describes the quest to uncover the meaning of thermodynamic entropy, which leads to its relationship with probability and information as first envisioned by Ludwig Boltzmann. Recognition of entropy first of all as a fundamental element of probability theory in mid-twentieth Century led to deep insights into both statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, the details of which are presented here in several chapters. The later chapters extend these ideas to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics in an unambiguous manner, thereby exhibiting the overall unifying role of the entropy.
Evolution From A Thermodynamic Perspective
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Author : Carl F Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-11-26
Evolution From A Thermodynamic Perspective written by Carl F Jordan and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-26 with Science categories.
Survival of the fittest” is a tautology, because those that are “fit” are the ones that survive, but to survive, a species must be “fit”. Modern evolutionary theory avoids the problem by defining fitness as reproductive success, but the complexity of life that we see today could not have evolved based on selection that favors only reproductive ability. There is nothing inherent in reproductive success alone that could result in higher forms of life. Evolution from a Thermodynamic Perspective presents a non-circular definition of fitness and a thermodynamic definition of evolution. Fitness means maximization of power output, necessary to survive in a competitive world. Evolution is the “storage of entropy”. “Entropy storage” means that solar energy, instead of dissipating as heat in the Earth, is stored in the structure of living organisms and ecosystems. Part one explains this in terms comprehensible to a scientific audience beyond biophysicists and ecosystem modelers. Part two applies thermodynamic theory in non-esoteric language to sustainability of agriculture, and to conservation of endangered species. While natural systems are stabilized by feedback, agricultural systems remain in a mode of perpetual growth, pressured by balance of trade and by a swelling population. The constraints imposed by thermodynamic laws are being increasingly felt as economic expansion destabilizes resource systems on which expansion depends.
The Thermodynamics Of Evolution
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Author : François Roddier
language : en
Publisher: Primento Digital sprl
Release Date : 2020-04-24
The Thermodynamics Of Evolution written by François Roddier and has been published by Primento Digital sprl this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-24 with Science categories.
Thermodynamique de l'évolution - Un essai de thermo-bio-sociologie - translated into English with the help of Steve Ridgway À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR François Roddier est né en 1936. Astrophysicien, il est connu de tous les astronomes pour ses travaux qui ont permis de compenser l’effet des turbulences atmosphériques lors de l’observation des astres. Après avoir créé le département d’astrophysique de l’université de Nice, c’est aux États-Unis, au National Optical Astronomy Observatory (Tucson, Arizona) puis à l’Institute for Astrophysics de l’Université d’Hawaii, qu’il participe au développement des systèmes d’optique adaptative qui équipent désormais les grands outils d’observation comme le télescope CFHT (Canada-France-Hawaii), ou le télescope japonais Subaru tous deux situés à Hawaii, et les télescopes de l’ESO (European Southern Observatory), l’observatoire européen austral situé au Chili. Savant toujours curieux, il s’intéresse aux aspects thermodynamiques de l’évolution.
Information Theory And Thermodynamics In Biological And Socioeconomic Evolution
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Author : Jeffrey S. Wicken
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Information Theory And Thermodynamics In Biological And Socioeconomic Evolution written by Jeffrey S. Wicken and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
Entropy Information And Evolution New Perspectives On Physical And Biological Evolution
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Author : Bruce H. Weber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Entropy Information And Evolution New Perspectives On Physical And Biological Evolution written by Bruce H. Weber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Cosmologia categories.
Evolution As Entropy
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Author : Daniel R. Brooks
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1988-10-15
Evolution As Entropy written by Daniel R. Brooks and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-10-15 with Science categories.
This second edition in just two years offers a considerably revised second chapter, in which information behavior replaces analogies to purely physical systems, as well as practical applications of the authors' theory. Attention is also given to a hierarchical theory of ecosystem behavior, taking note of constraints on local ecosystem members resul.