Life’s a Gas: A Thermodynamic Theory of Biological Evolution
This paper outlines a thermodynamic theory of biological evolution. Beginning with a brief summary of the parallel histories of the modern evolutionary synthesis and thermodynamics, we use four physical laws and processes (the first and second laws of thermodynamics, diffusion and the maximum entrop...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Entropy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/17/8/5522 |