{"product_id":"reversible-life-information-thermodynamics-of-living-systems","title":"Reversible Life: Information Thermodynamics of Living Systems","description":"\u003cp\u003e Every living cell is a computer, and physics charges it rent. Landauer's principle sets the floor: no bit can be erased for less than kBT ln 2 of dissipated energy. Today's cells pay a thousand times that minimum. This book asks a simple question — can evolution close the gap? — and proves that it can.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eStarting from five physically motivated axioms, the framework introduces the biological Landauer number Λ_bio — the ratio of actual to minimum dissipation per bit — and derives an evolutionary convergence theorem: under sustained energy limitation, natural selection drives Λ_bio → 1. Quantum coherence accelerates the approach. A resource-theoretic apex theorem places this result within modern non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, connecting it to Rényi second laws and thermodynamic uncertainty relations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Five quantitative predictions — from bacteria in the deep subsurface operating near Λ_bio ≈ 1, to a quantum advantage in photosynthetic light-harvesting, to the thermodynamic cost of aging — are developed with full uncertainty budgets and Bayesian falsification criteria. The theory is designed to be wrong in a useful way: every prediction specifies exactly what experimental outcome would refute it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ars Demonstrandi","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67143163216176,"sku":"9781066611249","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/reversible-life-information-thermodynamics-of-living-systems","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}