| 书目名称 | Evolution from a Thermodynamic Perspective | | 副标题 | Implications for Spe | | 编辑 | Carl F Jordan | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Evolution is a battle between energy transformations that increase complexity and entropy that degrades complexity.Species and ecosystems evolve simultaneously and reciprocally through increases in en | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .Survival of the fittest” is a tautology, because those that are “fit” are the ones that survive, but to survive, a species must be “fit”. Modern evolutionary theory avoids the problem by defining fitness as reproductive success, but the complexity of life that we see today could not have evolved based on selection that favors only reproductive ability. There is nothing inherent in reproductive success alone that could result in higher forms of life. .Evolution from a Thermodynamic Perspective. presents a non-circular definition of fitness and a thermodynamic definition of evolution. Fitness means maximization of power output, necessary to survive in a competitive world. Evolution is the “storage of entropy”. “Entropy storage” means that solar energy, instead of dissipating as heat in the Earth, is stored in the structure of living organisms and ecosystems. Part one explains this in terms comprehensible to a scientific audience beyond biophysicists and ecosystem modelers. Part two applies thermodynamic theory in non-esoteric language to sustainability of agriculture, and to conservation of endangered species. While natural systems are stabilized by feedback, agricultural systems re | | 出版日期 | Book 2022 | | 关键词 | Ecosystem Evolution; Thermodynamic Process; Feedback and Ecosystem Stability; Endangered Species Conser | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85186-6 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-85188-0 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-85186-6 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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