Entropy Principle for the Development of Complex Biotic Systems - Organisms, Ecosystems, the Earth

Klappentext The concept of entropy in thermodynamics is a complex one! though it is fundamental in understanding physics! the workings of the mind! and biology. This book establishes a novel view of complex biological systems and the earth using this concept of entropy! encompassing the interdisciplinary area of biology! ecology and physics. Zusammenfassung The concept of entropy in thermodynamics is a complex one! though it is fundamental in understanding physics! the workings of the mind! and biology. This book establishes a novel view of complex biological systems and the earth using this concept of entropy! encompassing the interdisciplinary area of biology! ecology and physics.

List of contents

1: Thermodynamics and Living Systems
2: Plant leaves
3: Animals
4: Humans I. Direct Calorimetry
5: Humans II. Indirect Calorimetry
6: Ecological Communities
7: Lake Ecosystems
8: Entropy Principle in Living Systems ("Min-Max Principle")
9: The Earth

Product details

• Authors: Ichiro Aoki, Ichiro (Department of Systems Engineering Aoki
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 09.01.2012, delayed
• EAN: 9780123914934
• ISBN: 978-0-12-391493-4
• No. of pages: 122
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Thermodynamics