In <jruspini.1.000E4FD5 at mail.sas.upenn.edu> jruspini at mail.sas.upenn.edu writes:
> I'm wondering if someone can help me with a question concerning evolution and
> entropy. I am arguing with someone on alt.christnet over whether evolution
> contradicts entropy. I say that it does not because the internal physical
> order gained by a biological system is outweighed by the external chemical
> disorder it causes when it evolves. Is this basically correct? Have there
> been any studies concerning entropy and biological systems? What have been
> their results/ or where can I find them?
Wicken, J.S. 1987. Evolution, thermodynamics and information. Oxford University
Press, Oxford.
Wicken, J.S. 1983. Entropy, information, and non-equilibrum evolution.
Syst. Zool., 32:438-443
Wiley, E.O. & Brooks, D.R. 1982. Victims of history - a nonequilibrum approach
to evolution. Syst. Zool., 31:1-24
Lo/vtrup, S. 1983. Victims of ambition: Comments on the Wiley and Brooks
approach to evolution. Syst. Zool., 32:90-96
After all, I know about articles back to 1926.
Regards
Christoph Gartmann
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