Time's Arrow and Evolution (Princeton Legacy Library, 2075) - Hardcover

Blum, Harold Francis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691649081 ISBN 13: 9780691649085

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2016

Synopsis

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 beginning of the universe, physical and chemical laws have inexorably channeled the course of evolution so that possibilities were already limited when life first emerged.

Originally published in 1951.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0691649081
• ISBN 13: 9780691649085
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 252