¿Qué es la vida? 76 años después: una mirada desde la termodinámica y los sistemas complejos
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https://doi.org/10.31349/SuplRevMexFis.1.4.12Keywords:
Irreversible thermodynamics, Entropy thermodynamics, Complex systems, Philosophy of science, Systems biology.Abstract
Se presenta una panorámica de los tópicos fundamentales del trabajo seminal de Schrödinger, ¿Qué es la vida?, Capítulos 6 y 7 respectivamente y se establece una análisis de los mismos desde el formalismo de la termodinámica de los procesos irreversibles y los sistemas complejos. De esta forma, se establecen una serie de consideraciones epistemológicas que evidencia la importancia y actualidad del mismo.
An overview of the fundamental topics of Schrödinger's seminal work, What is life? Chapters 6 and 7, respectively, and an analysis of them from the thermodynamic formalism of irreversible processes and complex systems is presented. In this way, a series of epistemological considerations have established that show its importance and timeliness.
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