Understanding the thermodynamic function of life may shed light on its origin. Life, as are all
irreversible processes, is contingent on entropy production. Entropy production is a …

Abstract Knowledge of the structure of clusters is essential to predict many of their physical
and chemical properties. Using a many-body semiempirical Gupta potential (to perform …

There is little doubt that life’s origin followed from the known physical and chemical laws of
Nature. The most general scientific framework incorporating the laws of Nature and …

The stability of ecosystems during periods of stasis in their macro-evolutionary trajectory is
studied from a non-equilibrium thermodynamic perspective. Individuals of the species are …

The driving force behind the origin and evolution of life has been the thermodynamic imperative
of increasing the entropy production of the biosphere through increasing the global solar …

Evolutionary theory suggests that the origin, persistence, and evolution of biology is driven
by the “natural selection” of characteristics improving the differential reproductive success of …

The non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the photochemical reaction mechanisms are
described which may have been involved in the dissipative structuring, proliferation and …

Heat capacities of Na N, N= 13, 20, 55, 135, 142, and 147, clusters have been investigated
using a many-body Gupta potential and microcanonical molecular-dynamics simulations. …

Some fundamental molecules of life are suggested to have been formed, proliferated, and
evolved through photochemical microscopic dissipative structuring and autocatalytic …

Trapped ion electron diffraction measurements on silver cluster cations, Ag n+ for sizes n=
36–46, 55 at∼ 120 K describe an evolution in structural symmetry with increasing cluster size. …