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... entropy and evolution disappears . In all irreversible processes , entropy must increase . Therefore , the change of entropy in closed systems is always positive ; order is continually destroyed . In open systems , however , we have not ...
... entropy and evolution disappears . In all irreversible processes , entropy must increase . Therefore , the change of entropy in closed systems is always positive ; order is continually destroyed . In open systems , however , we have not ...
Page 97
... entropy transfer . This becomes apparent when the definition is applied to " self - organizing systems . " Characteristically , the most important kind of these has no place in Ashby's model , namely systems organizing themselves by way ...
... entropy transfer . This becomes apparent when the definition is applied to " self - organizing systems . " Characteristically , the most important kind of these has no place in Ashby's model , namely systems organizing themselves by way ...
Page 152
... entropy principle . The Russian biophysicist Trincher ( 1965 ) came to the conclu- sion that the state function , entropy , is not applicable to living systems ; he contrasts the entropy principle of physics with bio- logical ...
... entropy principle . The Russian biophysicist Trincher ( 1965 ) came to the conclu- sion that the state function , entropy , is not applicable to living systems ; he contrasts the entropy principle of physics with bio- logical ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Information and Entropy | 41 |
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