{"product_id":"information-theory-and-evolution","title":"Information Theory and Evolution","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eInformation Theory and Evolution\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Scales Avery\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9789812384003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eWorld Scientific Publishing Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2003\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e232\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThis highly interdisciplinary book discusses the phenomenon of life, including its origin and evolution (and also human cultural evolution), against the background of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and information theory. Among the central themes is the seeming contradiction between the second law of thermodynamics and the high degree of order and complexity produced by living systems. This paradox has its resolution in the information content of the Gibbs free energy that enters the biosphere from outside sources, as the author shows. The role of information in human cultural evolution is another focus of the book. One of the final chapters discusses the merging of information technology and biotechnology into a new discipline -- bio-information technology.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Information Theory and Evolution | John Scales Avery | Paperback | 9789812384003 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1768696","offer_id":49517669089432,"sku":"1768696","price":65.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51L3VKT_OEL.jpg?v=1784617814","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/information-theory-and-evolution","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}