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Information Theory and Evolution 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 ...

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Information Theory and Evolution (2nd Edition) 2012, World Scientific Publishing Company

ISBN-13: 9789814401227

2nd edition

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Information Theory and Evolution (2nd Edition) 2012, World Scientific Publishing Company

ISBN-13: 9789814401234

2nd edition

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