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posted 17. October 2006 09:55
Energy transformation and flow: A theory of evolution
by Richard Oldani
Abstract: Spontaneous emission by an atomic oscillator is defined in terms of energy transformation and flow. The description is expanded to include nonlinear systems by introducing energy equipartition as a property of the flow. Because the laws of energy flow do not change for different types of material systems these same methods can be applied to living organisms. The common genetic structure of cells is seen as fulfilling the structural requirement of equipartition while the tendency of the organism towards an equilibrium state, or homeostasis, fulfills its energy requirement. The assumption that energy flow can increase by superposition allows evolution to be interpreted as a series of spontaneous transformations of energy flow from external to internal modes. The greatest mysteries of current evolutionary theory, the Ediacaran and Cambrian fossil assemblages, provide the most convincing evidence for this theory; which is claimed to be the only one in existence based upon physical principles and bottom-up logic. Predictions are made concerning the fossil record and a universal law of energy flow is formulated.
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