On Maxwell's demons and the origin of evolutionary variations: An internalist perspective

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-40

  Andrade, Eugenio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Analog information; Digital information; Entropy; Evolutionary variations; Information Gathering and Using Systems (IGUS); Maxwell's demons (MD)

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION;

EVOLUTION; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS;

EVOLUTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

DARWINIA; LAMARCKIA;

EID: 1542321554     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ACBI.0000015910.83018.68     Document Type: Review

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