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One of the main reasons to develop thermodynamics beyond the equilibrium range lies in the need for a physico-chemical basis of biological order. Not only would one like to explain the maintenance of low entropy situations and subtle metabolic regulation processes but also one wants to provide a physico-chemical basis of evolution towards structures of increased cornplexity.
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Prigogine, I., Lefever, R. (1973). Theory of Dissipative Structures. In: Haken, H. (eds) Synergetics. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01511-6_10
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