Entropy, Information, and Evolution: New Perspective on Physical and Biological Evolution

Bys: Bruce H. Weber and David J. Depew

Book Overview

Can recent developments in thermodynamics and information theory offer a way out of the current crisis in evolutionary theory? 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. These...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262231328
• ISBN13: 9780262231329
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.