Thermodynamics and the Origin of Life

Thermodynamics and the Origin of Life

Modern developments in nonequilibrium thermodynamics have significant implications for the origins of life. The reasons for this are closely related to a generalized version of the second law of thermodynamics recently found for entropy production during irreversible evolution of a given system such...

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Veröffentlicht in:arXiv.org 2022-03
1. Verfasser: Marsh, Gerald E
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Sprache:eng
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Nonequilibrium thermodynamics
Physics - General Physics
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Zusammenfassung:Modern developments in nonequilibrium thermodynamics have significant implications for the origins of life. The reasons for this are closely related to a generalized version of the second law of thermodynamics recently found for entropy production during irreversible evolution of a given system such as self-replicating RNA. This paper is intended to serve as an introduction to these developments.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2204.00416