Into the Cool

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Into the Cool is a popular science book that explores the role of thermodynamics and energy flow in shaping life and complex systems.

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instanceOf book
popular science book
aimsTo make advanced thermodynamic ideas accessible to lay readers
provide a thermodynamic explanation for the emergence of complexity
author Dorion Sagan
Eric D. Schneider
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
describes how energy gradients drive organization
links between physics and biology
thermodynamic basis of ecological and economic systems
explores how far-from-equilibrium systems maintain order
relationship between energy flow and complexity
role of thermodynamics in life
self-organization in physical and biological systems
focusesOn dissipative structures
entropy production
evolution of complexity
thermodynamic constraints on life
genre popular science
hasCoAuthorBackground Dorion Sagan
surface form: Dorion Sagan is a science writer

Eric D. Schneider
surface form: Eric D. Schneider is a scientist
hasContributor Dorion Sagan
Eric D. Schneider
hasForm non-fiction prose
hasNotableTheme complexity emerging from energy dissipation
life as a thermodynamic phenomenon
unifying principles across physical and biological systems
hasPageCount approximately 400 pages
hasPerspective interdisciplinary
scientific
intendedAudience general readers
researchers interested in complex systems
students of science
language English
mainSubject complex systems
energy flow
non-equilibrium thermodynamics
origin of life
thermodynamics
publisher University of Chicago Press
relatedTo complexity science
ecology
evolutionary theory
systems theory
thermodynamics of living systems

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Dorian Sagan notableWork Into the Cool