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Title: Evolution as Entropy: Toward a Unified Theory of Biology (Science and its conceptual foundations)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 1986
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0226075818
ISBN 13: 9780226075815
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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This second edition in just two years offers a considerably revised second chapter, in which information behavior replaces analogies to purely physical systems, as well as practical applications of the authors' theory. Attention is also given to a hierarchical theory of ecosystem behavior, taking note of constraints on local ecosystem members resulting from their own histories. Copious references, frequent diagrams, charts, tables, and formulas. Paper edition, $19.95. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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This serious and scholarly tome unites the theory of biological evolutioni.e., that biological systems tend to become more ordered and highly structured through evolutionary timewith the seemingly contradictory second law of thermodynamicsi.e., that disorder or entropy increases over time. The authors argue that , in fact, living systems exhibit growing complexity and self-organization as a result of increasing entropy. They support their difficult yet logical arguments with a wide range of examples taken from developmental biology, embryology, morphology, population genetics, systematics, and community ecology. Not easy going for the casual reader, but well worth the effort for others. Recommended for academic collections .P. Robert Paustian, Wilkes Coll. Lib., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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