Time's Arrow and Evolution (eBook)

Harold Francis Blum (Autor)

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2015
252 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-7473-6 (ISBN)

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In a book that has become a milestone of scientific writing Dr. Blum uses "time's arrow," the second law of thermodynamics, as a key concept to show how the nature and evolution of the nonliving world place limits on the nature and evolution of life. He seeks to show that, from the beginning of the universe, physical and chemical laws have inexorably channeled the course of evolution so that possibilities were already limited when life first emerged.Originally published in 1951.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.12.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: abiogenesis • Absorber • Activation • Activation Energy • Activity Coefficient • age of the earth • age of the universe • Amino acid • arginine • Argon • Arrhenius equation • Arrhenius plot • atomic number • Autotroph • Bohr effect • Calculation • catalysis • Centration • Charles Darwin • Chemical Bond • chemical potential • chemical property • chemical reaction • Chemosynthesis • chromosome • Chronology of the universe • Coacervate • Collision theory • Cosmic Evolution (book) • Cultural Evolution • Dissociation constant • earth • Emergence • Endergonic reaction • Energetics • Energy • energy level • energy transformation • Enthalpy of fusion • Entropy • Enzyme • Eosin • Evolution • Exergonic reaction • Extrapolation • Genotype • Glucose • Harold Urey • Henderson–Hasselbalch equation • heterotroph • inference • Isomer • J. B. S. Haldane • lamarckism • Law of Mass Action • Living systems • Main sequence • Malcolm Dole • Mendelian Inheritance • Metabolism • mitosis • Molecule • mutagen • Mutation • mutation rate • Natural selection • negentropy • Nucleotide • organism • Orthogenesis • pangenesis • Peptide • phase transition • Phenotype • Phosphate • Photon • photosynthesis • Phylum • Pigment • Planck constant • Probability • Prophase • Protein • Quantity • Radiation pressure • Radiometric dating • Reaction Rate • reagent • Redox • reproducibility • resonance • reversible reaction • second law of thermodynamics • Sial • Speciation • Spontaneous Generation • Telophase • Transpiration • Units of energy • van der Waals force
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-7473-4 / 1400874734
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-7473-6 / 9781400874736