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... energy , or where information is trans- mitted without a flow of energy or matter . The first is the case in a telegraph cable , where a direct current is flowing in one direction , but information , a message , can be sent in either ...
... energy , or where information is trans- mitted without a flow of energy or matter . The first is the case in a telegraph cable , where a direct current is flowing in one direction , but information , a message , can be sent in either ...
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... energy . In open systems , in contrast , the steady state is not reversible as a whole nor in many individual reactions . Further- more , the second principle applies , by definition , to closed systems only and does not define the ...
... energy . In open systems , in contrast , the steady state is not reversible as a whole nor in many individual reactions . Further- more , the second principle applies , by definition , to closed systems only and does not define the ...
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... energy but chemically inert , so that the maintenance of con- siderable chemical potential is possible ; on the other hand , rapid and regulated release of this amount of energy is performed by enzyme actions , so that a steady state is ...
... energy but chemically inert , so that the maintenance of con- siderable chemical potential is possible ; on the other hand , rapid and regulated release of this amount of energy is performed by enzyme actions , so that a steady state is ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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