Entropy 1999, 1[2], 9-20
Entropy
ISSN 1099-4300
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On Thermodynamics, Entropy and Evolution of Biological Systems: What Is Life from a Physical Chemist's Viewpoint

Georgi P. Gladyshev

International Academy of Creative Endeavors, 36, Novy Arbat, Moscow, 121205, Russia
E-mail: [email protected], http://www.endeav.org/evolut

Received: 2 December 1998 / Accepted: 9 April 1999 / Published: 19 April 1999

Abstract: Life in the universe originated and is evolving in accordance with the general laws of nature, specifically, the law of temporal hierarchies and the second law of thermodynamics.

Keywords: second law of thermodynamics; entropy; law of temporal hierarchies; supramolecular thermodynamics; biological evolution.

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