On Thermodynamics, Entropy and Evolution of Biological Systems: What Is Life from a Physical Chemist's Viewpoint

Abstract

Abstract: Life in the universe originated and is evolving in accordance with the general laws of nature, specifically, the law of temporal hierarchies and the second law of thermodynamics.

Keywords

• second law of thermodynamics
• entropy
• law of temporal hierarchies
• supramolecular thermodynamics
• biological evolution