Information theory and evolution:
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1. Verfasser: Avery, John (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: River Edge, N.J. World Scientific ©2003
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 PIONEERS OF EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT; Chapter 2 CHARLES DARWIN'S LIFE AND WORK; Chapter 3 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION; Chapter 4 STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND INFORMATION; Chapter 5 INFORMATION FLOW IN BIOLOGY; Chapter 6 CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND INFORMATION; Chapter 7 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 8 BIO-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 9 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE; Appendix A ENTROPY AND INFORMATION; Appendix B BIOSEMIOTICS; Index
This highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution (and also human culturalevolution), against the background of thermodynamics, statisticalmechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is theseeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and thehigh degree of order and complexity produced by living systems
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 217 pages)
ISBN:1281876844
9781281876843
9789812383990
9789812384003
9789812564450
9812383999
9812384006
9812564454

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