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Time's Arrow and Evolution /
In a book that has become a milestone of scientific writing Dr. Blum uses "time's arrow," the second law of thermodynamics, as a key concept to show how the nature and evolution of the nonliving world place limits on the nature and evolution of life. He seeks to show that, from the be...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ
Princeton University Press
2016, [2016]
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t PREFACE -- |t CONTENTS -- |t I. PERSPECTIVES -- |t II. THE CHRONOLOGY OF EVOLUTION -- |t III. THE ENERGETICS AND KINETICS OF CHEMICAL REACTION -- |t IV. THE ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH -- |t V. LATER HISTORY OF THE EARTH -- |t VI. THE FITNESS OF THE ENVIRONMENT -- |t VII. THE ENERGETICS AND KINETICS OF LIVING SYSTEMS -- |t VIII. STRUCTURE AND ITS REPRODUCTION -- |t IX. STABILITY AND VARIABILITY -- |t X. THE ORIGIN OF LIFE -- |t XI. IRREVERSIBILITY AND DIRECTION IN EVOLUTION -- |t XII. SOME IMPLICATIONS -- |t XIII. ORDER, NEGENTROPY, AND EVOLUTION -- |t BIBLIOGRAPHY -- |t INDEX |
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