Time's Arrow and Evolution /

Time's Arrow and Evolution / / Harold Francis Blum.

In a book that has become a milestone of scientific writing Dr. Blum uses "time's arrow," the second law of thermodynamics, as a key concept to show how the nature and evolution of the nonliving world place limits on the nature and evolution of life. He seeks to show that, from the be...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Blum, Harold Francis,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1951
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2077
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Physical Description:1 online resource (252 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • I. PERSPECTIVES
  • II. THE CHRONOLOGY OF EVOLUTION
  • III. THE ENERGETICS AND KINETICS OF CHEMICAL REACTION
  • IV. THE ORIGIN AND EARLY EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH
  • V. LATER HISTORY OF THE EARTH
  • VI. THE FITNESS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
  • VII. THE ENERGETICS AND KINETICS OF LIVING SYSTEMS
  • VIII. STRUCTURE AND ITS REPRODUCTION
  • IX. STABILITY AND VARIABILITY
  • X. THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
  • XI. IRREVERSIBILITY AND DIRECTION IN EVOLUTION
  • XII. SOME IMPLICATIONS
  • XIII. ORDER, NEGENTROPY, AND EVOLUTION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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