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Entropy principle for the development of complex biotic systems / Ichiro Aoki

By: Aoki, Ichiro [autor]Series: Elsevier insightsPublisher: ámsterdam, Boston : Elsevier, ©2012Description: x, 107 páginas : ilustraciones ; 24 cmContent type: texto Media type: no mediado Carrier type: volumenISBN: 9780123914934Subject(s): EntropiaDDC classification: 577.82015118
Contents:
Thermodynamics and Living Systems. -- Thermodynamics. -- Entropy Law. -- Entropy Production: Quantifiability in Living Systems. -- Maxwell's Demon. -- Plant Leaves. -- Broad Leaves (Aoki, 1987a). -- Entropies Associated with Shortwave Solar Radiation. -- Entropies Associated with IR Radiation. -- Entropy Associated with Heat Flow due to Evaporation of Water and Conduction. -- Entropy Flow due to Mass-Flow Associated with Photosynthesis. -- Net Entropy Flow and Entropy Production. -- Other Examples. -- Discussion. -- Conifer Branches (Aoki, 1989b). -- Solar Radiation Absorbed by a Branch of Ponderosa Pine. -- IR Radiation Entropy Absorbed by the Branch. -- Temperature of the Branch and Entropy Associated with Transpiration. -- Entropy Associated with Free Convection. -- IR Radiation Entropy Emitted by the Branch. -- Net Entropy Flow and Entropy Production. -- Other Cases. -- Entropy Production at Night. -- Theorem of Oscillating Entropy Production. -- Animals. -- White-Tailed Deer. -- Lizard Entropy Flow due to Direct Solar Radiation. -- Entropy Flow due to Diffuse Solar Radiation. -- Entropy Flow due to Reflected Solar Radiation. -- Entropy Flow due to IR Radiation from the Sky. -- Entropy Flow due to IR Radiation from the Ground. -- Entropy Flow due to IR Radiation Emitted by the Organism. -- Entropy Flow due to Convection. -- Entropy Flow due to the Evaporation of Water. -- Entropy Production due to Metabolic Heat Production. -- Entropy Flow due to Conduction. -- Entropy Flow due to Mass-Flow Associated with Respiration.
Summary: he concept of entropy in thermodynamics is a complex one, though it is fundamental in understanding physics, the workings of the mind, and biology. Entropy is the measure of the quality of energy, and it can also refer to the turn from order to disorder or randomness in isolated systems. In open systems, such as biology, entropy is formulated in terms of production and energy flow. This book establishes a novel view of complex biological systems and the earth using this concept of entropy, encompassing the interdisciplinary area of biology, ecology and physics. This book considers the develop.
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The concept of entropy in thermodynamics is a complex one, though it is fundamental in understanding physics, the workings of the mind, and biology. Entropy is the measure of the quality of energy, and it can also refer to the turn from order to disorder or randomness in isolated systems. In open systems, such as biology, entropy is formulated in terms of production and energy flow. This book establishes a novel view of complex biological systems and the earth using this concept of entropy, encompassing the interdisciplinary area of biology, ecology and physics. This book considers the development over time of a range of biologically complex systems such as plants, animals, humans, and ecosystems, describing them in terms of the second law of thermodynamics, entropy. With its broad coverage of biological systems, this book will be useful for students of environmental science as well as students in biology and physics.

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Thermodynamics and Living Systems. -- Thermodynamics. -- Entropy Law. -- Entropy Production: Quantifiability in Living Systems. -- Maxwell's Demon. -- Plant Leaves. -- Broad Leaves (Aoki, 1987a). -- Entropies Associated with Shortwave Solar Radiation. -- Entropies Associated with IR Radiation. -- Entropy Associated with Heat Flow due to Evaporation of Water and Conduction. -- Entropy Flow due to Mass-Flow Associated with Photosynthesis. -- Net Entropy Flow and Entropy Production. -- Other Examples. -- Discussion. -- Conifer Branches (Aoki, 1989b). -- Solar Radiation Absorbed by a Branch of Ponderosa Pine. -- IR Radiation Entropy Absorbed by the Branch. -- Temperature of the Branch and Entropy Associated with Transpiration. -- Entropy Associated with Free Convection. -- IR Radiation Entropy Emitted by the Branch. -- Net Entropy Flow and Entropy Production. -- Other Cases. -- Entropy Production at Night. -- Theorem of Oscillating Entropy Production. -- Animals. -- White-Tailed Deer. -- Lizard Entropy Flow due to Direct Solar Radiation. -- Entropy Flow due to Diffuse Solar Radiation. -- Entropy Flow due to Reflected Solar Radiation. -- Entropy Flow due to IR Radiation from the Sky. -- Entropy Flow due to IR Radiation from the Ground. -- Entropy Flow due to IR Radiation Emitted by the Organism. -- Entropy Flow due to Convection. -- Entropy Flow due to the Evaporation of Water. -- Entropy Production due to Metabolic Heat Production. -- Entropy Flow due to Conduction. -- Entropy Flow due to Mass-Flow Associated with Respiration.

he concept of entropy in thermodynamics is a complex one, though it is fundamental in understanding physics, the workings of the mind, and biology. Entropy is the measure of the quality of energy, and it can also refer to the turn from order to disorder or randomness in isolated systems. In open systems, such as biology, entropy is formulated in terms of production and energy flow. This book establishes a novel view of complex biological systems and the earth using this concept of entropy, encompassing the interdisciplinary area of biology, ecology and physics. This book considers the develop.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Thermodynamics and Living Systems
  • 2 Plant leaves
  • 3 Animals
  • 4 Humans I. Direct Calorimetry
  • 5 Humans II. Indirect Calorimetry
  • 6 Ecological Communities
  • 7 Lake Ecosystems
  • 8 Entropy Principle in Living Systems ("Min-Max Principle")
  • 9 The Earth

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