The First Principle of Thermodynamics is concerned with conservation, the Second Principle with evolution. Time, oscillations, instability and chaos are accorded scientific dignity by the Second Principle. Energy and matter are conservative properties of the biosphere (First Principle of Thermodynamics). Their organization and the information embodied in the history of energy and matter are evolutionary properties: such properties regard the thermodynamics of far-from-equilibrium systems. At equilibrium, energy and matter are blind; far from equilibrium they begin to see (Ilya Prigogine). This paper shows the emergence of novelties in some particular cases.

Tiezzi, E., Ridolfi, R., Marchettini, N. (2007). Emergence of novelties: a thermodynamic approach to ecosystems. In Ecosystems and Sustainable Development VI (pp. 531-536). SOUTHAMPTON : WIT press [10.2495/ECO070501].

Emergence of novelties: a thermodynamic approach to ecosystems

TIEZZI, E.;RIDOLFI, R.;MARCHETTINI, N.
2007-01-01

Abstract

The First Principle of Thermodynamics is concerned with conservation, the Second Principle with evolution. Time, oscillations, instability and chaos are accorded scientific dignity by the Second Principle. Energy and matter are conservative properties of the biosphere (First Principle of Thermodynamics). Their organization and the information embodied in the history of energy and matter are evolutionary properties: such properties regard the thermodynamics of far-from-equilibrium systems. At equilibrium, energy and matter are blind; far from equilibrium they begin to see (Ilya Prigogine). This paper shows the emergence of novelties in some particular cases.
2007
9781845640880
Tiezzi, E., Ridolfi, R., Marchettini, N. (2007). Emergence of novelties: a thermodynamic approach to ecosystems. In Ecosystems and Sustainable Development VI (pp. 531-536). SOUTHAMPTON : WIT press [10.2495/ECO070501].
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