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Information Theory And Evolution (2nd Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Information Theory And Evolution (2nd Edition) (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Information Theory and Evolution discusses the phenomenon of life,
including its origin and evolution (and also human cultural
evolution), against the background of thermodynamics, statistical
mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the
seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and
the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems.
This paradox has its resolution in the information content of the
Gibbs free energy that enters the biosphere from outside sources,
as the author will show. The role of information in human cultural
evolution is another focus of the book.The first edition of
Information Theory and Evolution made a strong impact on thought in
the field by bringing together results from many disciplines. The
new second edition offers updated results based on reports of
important new research in several areas, including exciting new
studies of the human mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal DNA. Another
extensive discussion featured in the second edition is contained in
a new appendix devoted to the relationship of entropy and Gibbs
free energy to economics. This appendix includes a review of the
ideas of Alfred Lotka, Frederick Soddy, Nicholas Georgiescu-Roegen
and Herman E. Daly, and discusses the relevance of these ideas to
the current economic crisis.The new edition discusses current
research on the origin of life, the distinction between
thermodynamic information and cybernetic information, new DNA
research and human prehistory, developments in current information
technology, and the relationship between entropy and economics.
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