中国物理B ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (7): 70513-070513.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/7/070513
所属专题: TOPICAL REVIEW — Statistical Physics and Complex Systems
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敖平
Ao Ping (敖平)
摘要: Motivated by progress in theoretical biology a recent proposal on a general and quantitative dynamical framework for nonequilibrium processes and dynamics of complex systems is briefly reviewed. It is nothing but the evolutionary process discovered by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace. Such general and structured dynamics may be tentatively named “the equation of life”. Three equivalent formulations are discussed, and it is also pointed out that such a quantitative dynamical framework leads naturally to the powerful Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution and the second law in physics. In this way, the equation of life provides a logically consistent foundation for thermodynamics. This view clarifies a particular outstanding problem and further suggests a unifying principle for physics and biology.
中图分类号: (Nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics)