Read of the day for me:Does new physics lurk inside living matter?
“ The informational basis of life has led some scientists to pronounce the informal dictum, Life = Matter + Information. For that linking equation to acquire real explanatory and predictive power, however, a formal theoretical framework is necessary that couples information to matter. The first hint of such a link came in 1867. In a letter to a friend, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell imagined a tiny being that could perceive individual molecules in a box of gas as they rushed around.....
To resolve the paradox, information must be quantified and formally incorporated into the laws of thermodynamics.“
“ The informational basis of life has led some scientists to pronounce the informal dictum, Life = Matter + Information. For that linking equation to acquire real explanatory and predictive power, however, a formal theoretical framework is necessary that couples information to matter. The first hint of such a link came in 1867. In a letter to a friend, Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell imagined a tiny being that could perceive individual molecules in a box of gas as they rushed around.....
To resolve the paradox, information must be quantified and formally incorporated into the laws of thermodynamics.“
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