Entropy, Information, and Evolution: New Perspective on Physical and Biological Evolution

One of the most exciting and controversial areas of scientific research in recent years has been the application of the principles of nonequilibrium thermodynamics to the problems of the physical evolution of the universe, the origins of life, the structure and succession of ecological systems, and biological evolution.

Bruce H. Weber is the Robert Woodworth Professor of Science and Natural Philosophy at Bennington College and Professor of Biochemistry at California State University at Fullerton.

David J. Depew is Professor of Communication Studies and Rhetoric of Inquiry at the University of Iowa.