Entropy and entropy production: old misconceptions and new breakthroughs
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Entropy and entropy production: old misconceptions and new breakthroughs
zbMATH Open document ID: 1305.80001
author: L. M. Martyushev
published in: Entropy
publication date: 2014-09-19T00:00:00Z
review text: Summary: Persistent misconceptions existing for dozens of years and influencing progress in various fields of science are sometimes encountered in the scientific and especially, the popular-science literature. The present brief review deals with two such interrelated misconceptions (misunderstandings). The first misunderstanding: entropy is a measure of disorder. This is an old and very common opinion. The second misconception is that the entropy production minimizes in the evolution of nonequilibrium systems. However, as it has recently become clear, evolution (progress) in Nature demonstrates the opposite, i.e., maximization of the entropy production. The principal questions connected with this maximization are considered herein. The two misconceptions mentioned above can lead to the apparent contradiction between the conclusions of modern thermodynamics and the basic conceptions of evolution existing in biology. In this regard, the analysis of these issues seems extremely important and timely as it contributes to the deeper understanding of the laws of development of the surrounding World and the place of humans in it.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 80A05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94A17
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A79
zbMATH DE Number: 6346121
zbMATH Keywords: Prigogine's principle
zbMATH Keywords: Ziegler's principle
zbMATH Keywords: applicability of MEPP
zbMATH Keywords: Jaynes's maximization
zbMATH Keywords: biological evolution
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3390/e15041152
OpenAlex ID: W2095459380
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DOI: 10.3390/E15041152
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6346121