Order from disorder: the thermodynamics of complexity in biology

• 21 September 1995
• book chapter
• Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• p. 161-174
• https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511623295.013

Abstract

Keywords

• STABILITY
• COMPLEX SYSTEM
• SYSTEM
• NATURAL SYSTEMS
• ORDER
• ENERGETICS
• AUTOCATALYSIS
• CLASSIFICATION
• ENERGY FLUX
• PLANT
• OPEN
• THERMODYNAMICS
• TORNADO
• NONEQUILIBRIUM
• SUN
• EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
• BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
• LE CHATELIER S PRINCIPLE
• SELF ORGANIZATION
• THERMODYNAMIC SYSTEMS