02555nam 2200589Ia 450 991078322580332120230501161639.01-281-87684-49786611876845981-256-445-4(CKB)1000000000033237(EBL)234358(OCoLC)475941275(SSID)ssj0000179225(PQKBManifestationID)11179326(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179225(PQKBWorkID)10230655(PQKB)10976092(MiAaPQ)EBC234358(WSP)00005299(Au-PeEL)EBL234358(CaPaEBR)ebr10083764(CaONFJC)MIL187684(OCoLC)936902576(EXLCZ)99100000000003323720030404d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInformation theory and evolution[electronic resource] /John AveryRiver Edge, NJ World Scientific Pub.20031 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-238-399-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Chapter 1 PIONEERS OF EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT; Chapter 2 CHARLES DARWIN'S LIFE AND WORK; Chapter 3 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION; Chapter 4 STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND INFORMATION; Chapter 5 INFORMATION FLOW IN BIOLOGY; Chapter 6 CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND INFORMATION; Chapter 7 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 8 BIO-INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 9 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE; Appendix A ENTROPY AND INFORMATION; Appendix B BIOSEMIOTICS; IndexThis highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life,including its origin and evolution (and also human culturalevolution), against the background of thermodynamics, statisticalmechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is theseeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and thehigh degree of order and complexity produced by living systems.Evolution (Biology)Information theory in biologyEvolution (Biology)Information theory in biology.576.8Avery John1933-624733MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783225803321Information theory and evolution1099467UNINA