Evolution from a Thermodynamic Perspective
Carl F Jordan
Broschiertes Buch

Evolution from a Thermodynamic Perspective

Implications for Species Conservation and Agricultural Sustainability

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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 mean...