Entropy principle for the development of complex biotic systems: organisms, ecosystems, the Earth
by Aoki, Ichirō
Title Statements
- Full title :Entropy principle for the development of complex biotic systems : organisms, ecosystems, the Earth.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Elsevier
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
The Physical Object
- Description:107 blz. ; : .. cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780123914934, 0123914930
- oclc:ocn840451346
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Thermodynamics and Living Systems -- 1.1.Thermodynamics -- 1.1.1.Entropy Law -- 1.1.2.Entropy Production: Quantifiability in Living Systems -- 1.1.3.Maxwell's Demon -- 2.Plant Leaves -- 2.1.Broad Leaves (Aoki, 1987a) -- 2.1.1.Entropies Associated with Shortwave Solar Radiation -- 2.1.2.Entropies Associated with IR Radiation -- 2.1.3.Entropy Associated with Heat Flow due to Evaporation of Water and Conduction -- 2.1.4.Entropy Flow due to Mass-Flow Associated with Photosynthesis -- 2.1.5.Net Entropy Flow and Entropy Production -- 2.1.6.Other Examples -- 2.1.7.Discussion -- 2.2.Conifer Branches (Aoki, 1989b) -- 2.2.1.Solar Radiation Absorbed by a Branch of Ponderosa Pine -- 2.2.2.IR Radiation Entropy Absorbed by the Branch -- 2.2.3.Temperature of the Branch and Entropy Associated with Transpiration -- 2.2.4.Entropy Associated with Free Convection -- 2.2.5.IR Radiation Entropy Emitted by the Branch -- 2.2.6.Net Entropy Flow and Entropy Production -- 2.2.7.Other Cases -- 2.3.Entropy Production at Night -- 2.4.Theorem of Oscillating Entropy Production -- 3.Animals -- 3.1.White-Tailed Deer -- 3.2.Lizard -- 3.2.1.Entropy Flow due to Direct Solar Radiatio…
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