Boltzmann, darwin and directionality theory

Physics Reports

Volumn 530, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-85

  Demetrius, Lloyd A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

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EID: 84881611750     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2013.04.001     Document Type: Review

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