At 11:57 PM 09/11/2000, you wrote:
>http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/u/jjkay/pubs/Life_as/text.html
>
>Very interesting article on dissipative systems, the SLOT and how it applies
>to living things.
>
>"In this paper we have recast the second law of thermodynamics from the old
>statement of "entropy increase" into a statement that describes systems
>undergoing processes so that they will reach a unique state of equilibrium.
Chris
This looks good. I've been thinking along these lines for some time now,
because it seems that, in many cases, a static system, even a *nominally*
open system, can reach a state of equilibrium *before* it reaches anything
that we would call "heat death." Sheesh. Now *another* paper to read?
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