Thermodynamics in the present progressive mode and its role in the context of the origin of life

BioSystems

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-61

  Matsuno, Koichiro ^a   Swenson, Rod ^b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer; Heat sink; Hydrothermal vents; Interstellar grains; Supplier; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONSUMER; ENERGY; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; GRAIN; HEAT; SHORT SURVEY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032998066     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(99)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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