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Volkenstein, Mikhail V |
Entropy and Information |
I05470 |
2009 |
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Volkenstein, Mikhail V |
Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution |
I03722 |
1994 |
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| Title | Entropy and Information |
| Author(s) | Volkenstein, Mikhail V |
| Publication | Basel, 1. Birkh??user Basel
2. Imprint: Birkh??user, 2009. |
| Description | X, 210 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This is just...entropy, he said, thinking that this explained everything, and he repeated the strange word a few times. 1 ? Karel Capek , ???Krakatit??? This ???strange word??? denotes one of the most basic quantities of the physics of heat phenomena, that is, of thermodynamics. Although the concept of entropy did indeed originate in thermodynamics, it later became clear that it was a more universal concept, of fundamental signi?cance for chemistry and biology, as well as physics. Although the concept of energy is usually considered more important and easier to grasp, it turns out, as we shall see, that the idea of entropy is just as substantial???and moreover not all that complicated. We can compute or measure the quantity of energy contained in this sheet of paper, and the same is true of its entropy. Furthermore, entropy has remarkable properties. Our galaxy, the solar system, and the biosphere all take their being from entropy, as a result of its transferenceto the surrounding medium. Thereis a surprisingconnectionbetween entropyandinformation,thatis,thetotalintelligencecommunicatedbyamessage. All of this is expounded in the present book, thereby conveying informationto the readeranddecreasinghis entropy;butitis uptothe readertodecidehowvaluable this information might be |
| ISBN,Price | 9783034600781 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. BIOINFORMATICS
2. Classical and Continuum Physics
3. Coding and Information Theory
4. CODING THEORY
5. Continuum physics
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. INFORMATION THEORY
9. PHYSICS
10. Physics, general
11. QUANTUM COMPUTERS
12. Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics
13. QUANTUM PHYSICS
14. SPINTRONICS
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| Title | Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution |
| Author(s) | Volkenstein, Mikhail V |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1994. |
| Description | XIII, 399 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | "Mr. Wolkenstein's Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution, whether or not it proves to give the ultimate truth on the matters with which it deals, certainly deserves, by its breadth and scope and profundity, to be considered an impor?? tant event in the philosophical world." This is a quotation from an introduction written by Bertrand Russell for Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I exchanged only name and subject. As for the rest, I could continue quoting Russell, but I would rather say something myself. As Wittgenstein did with formal logic, Wolkenstein rectifies our views on how to approach the logic of life from a formal theoretical basis. Many bio?? logists do not believe that their subject lends itself to the scrutiny of physical theory. They certainly admit that one can simulate biological phenomena by models that can be expressed in a mathematical form. However, they do not believe that biology can be given a theoretical foundation that is defined within the general framework of physics. Rather, they insist on a holistic approach, banning any reduction to fundamental principles subject to physical theory |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642787881 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
2. ATOMS
3. BIOCHEMISTRY
4. Biochemistry, general
5. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics
6. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
7. BIOPHYSICS
8. CELL BIOLOGY
9. EBOOK
10. EBOOK - SPRINGER
11. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
12. PHYSICS
13. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics
14. ZOOLOGY
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