Epistemological Aspects of Systems Theory Related to Biological Evolution
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چکیده
1. Integrating Epistemology of Thermodynamics and of Biological Evolutionary Systems 1.1 Entropy and Biological Evolution 1.2 Biosphere, Entropy, and Dissipative Structures 2. Thermodynamics of Ecosystems and of Biological Evolution 2.1 The Time Paradox: Towards an Evolutionary Thermodynamics 2.2 Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics 3. Towards an Evolutionary Physics 3.1 A New Concept: Ecodynamics 4. Concluding Remarks Acknowledgements Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketches
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