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 ⓘ
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 is a science writer ⓘ
linked to: Dorion Sagan

Eric D. Schneider is a scientist ⓘ
linked to: Eric D. Schneider
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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