Information theory and evolution
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 l...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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River Edge, N.J. :
World Scientific
2003.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31865471*spi |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | xiii, 217 p. : il |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9789812564450 9789812383990 9789812384003 9781281876843 |
