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标题：Removing the entropy from the definition of entropy: clarifying the relationship between evolution, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics
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作者：Joshua S Martin ; N Adam Smith ; Clinton D Francis 等
期刊名称：Evolution: Education and Outreach
印刷版ISSN：1936-6434
出版年度：2013
卷号：6
期号：1
页码：1-9
DOI：10.1186/1936-6434-6-30
出版社：BioMed Central
摘要：Misinterpretations of entropy and conflation with additional misunderstandings of the second law of thermodynamics are ubiquitous among scientists and non-scientists alike and have been used by creationists as the basis of unfounded arguments against evolutionary theory.Entropy is not disorder or chaos or complexity or progress towards those states.Entropy is a metric, a measure of the number of different ways that a set of objects can be arranged.Herein, we review the history of the concept of entropy from its conception by Clausius in 1867 to its more recent application to macroevolutionary theory.We provide teachable examples of (correctly defined) entropy that are appropriate for high school or introductory college level courses in biology and evolution.Finally, we discuss the association of these traditionally physics-related concepts to evolution.Clarification of the interactions between entropy, the second law of thermodynamics, and evolution has the potential for immediate benefit to both students and teachers.
关键词：Second law of thermodynamics;Creationism;Evolution;Misconceptions