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This book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution (and also human cultural 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. This paradox has its resolution in the information content of the Gibbs free energy that enters the biosphere from outside sources, as the author will show. The role of information in human cultural evolution is another focus of the book. This new edition discusses current research on the origin of life, the distinction between thermodynamic information and cybernetic information, new DNA research and human prehistory, developments in current information technology, and the relationship between entropy and economics.
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Information Theory and Evolution, John Scales Avery
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- 2012
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- Podtitul
- 2nd Edition
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- John Scales Avery
- Vydavatel
- World Scientific Pub Co Inc
- Rok vydání
- 2012
- Vazba
- pevná
- Počet stran
- 264
- ISBN10
- 9814401226
- ISBN13
- 9789814401227
- Série
- Štítky
- Biologie, Počítače & Internet, Věda, Fyzika, Evoluce, Genetika, Termodynamika, Evoluční biologie, Vznik života, Entropie, Biosémiotika
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- This book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution (and also human cultural 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. This paradox has its resolution in the information content of the Gibbs free energy that enters the biosphere from outside sources, as the author will show. The role of information in human cultural evolution is another focus of the book. This new edition discusses current research on the origin of life, the distinction between thermodynamic information and cybernetic information, new DNA research and human prehistory, developments in current information technology, and the relationship between entropy and economics.