Erwin Shrodinger, a famous physicist and author said:
Life is characterized by the “ability to create order from disorder by exploiting external
energy sources (negative entropy).”
Life Science textbooks generally describe the characteristics of life such as
movement, responsiveness, growth, reproduction, respiration, digestion,
absorption, circulation, assimilation, and excretion. In other words, living systems
will exhibit these characteristics. However, there is a deeper concept here, one that
helps us to understand just how special life is. The Schrodinger definition
addresses this deeper understanding about life. The concept of creating order from
disorder relates to what is known as entropy. This brings us to the first universal law
in our journey. It is known as the second law of thermodynamics which states:
The entropy of the universe always increases. (learn more about entropy)
Life goes the other way, it creates order from disorder over time. For many years it
was thought that life violated the second law of thermodynamics. It wasn’t until
recently that it was discovered that living systems did not decrease entropy but used
the energy from the universe mainly in the form of light (photons carrying the
electromagnetic force). This use of energy from the universe causes the total entropy
of the universe to increase keeping the second law intact. This idea of a system
creating order from disorder is extremely central to understanding just what life is.
Learn more about the emergence of life.
Life is characterized by the “ability to create order from disorder by exploiting external
energy sources (negative entropy).”
Life Science textbooks generally describe the characteristics of life such as
movement, responsiveness, growth, reproduction, respiration, digestion,
absorption, circulation, assimilation, and excretion. In other words, living systems
will exhibit these characteristics. However, there is a deeper concept here, one that
helps us to understand just how special life is. The Schrodinger definition
addresses this deeper understanding about life. The concept of creating order from
disorder relates to what is known as entropy. This brings us to the first universal law
in our journey. It is known as the second law of thermodynamics which states:
The entropy of the universe always increases. (learn more about entropy)
Life goes the other way, it creates order from disorder over time. For many years it
was thought that life violated the second law of thermodynamics. It wasn’t until
recently that it was discovered that living systems did not decrease entropy but used
the energy from the universe mainly in the form of light (photons carrying the
electromagnetic force). This use of energy from the universe causes the total entropy
of the universe to increase keeping the second law intact. This idea of a system
creating order from disorder is extremely central to understanding just what life is.
Learn more about the emergence of life.
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