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Автор: Jordan
Название: Evolution from a Thermodynamic Perspective
ISBN: 9783030851880
Издательство: Springer
Классификация:

Термодинамика и теплообмен

Экология, биосфера

Эволюция

Охрана окружающей среды

Сельскохозяйственная наука

ISBN-10: 3030851885
Обложка/Формат: Soft cover
Страницы: 384
Вес: 0.63 кг.
Дата издания: 12.12.2022
Язык: English
Издание: 1st ed. 2022
Иллюстрации: 1 illustrations, black and white; xxvi, 384 p. 1 illus.
Размер: 235 x 155
Читательская аудитория: Professional & vocational
Основная тема: Life Sciences
Подзаголовок: Implications for species conservation and agricultural sustainability
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Поставляется из: Германии
Описание: 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 remain in a mode of perpetual growth, pressured by balance of trade and by a swelling population. The constraints imposed by thermodynamic laws are being increasingly felt as economic expansion destabilizes resource systems on which expansion depends.
Дополнительное описание: C ontents.- Part 1. Theory.- To Understand Economics, Follow the Money: To Understand Ecosystems, Follow the Energy.- Two Views of Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation.- Why I Wrote this Book.- Dualities Still Impede Conservation Efforts.- The Intergovern

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