Energy Flows in Low-Entropy Complex Systems

Nature’s many complex systems—physical, biological, and cultural—are islands of low-entropy order within increasingly disordered seas of surrounding, high-entropy chaos. Energy is a principal facilitator of the rising complexity of all such systems in the expanding Universe, including galaxies, star...

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Main Author: Eric J. Chaisson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-12-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/17/12/7857