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Information theory and evolution /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific,
2012.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 the author will show. The role of information in human cultural evolut. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789814401241 9814401242 |