tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301096656497422535.post4414956582634402655..comments2023-12-17T13:05:30.543-08:00Comments on Brane Space: A New Theory of Evolution That Trumps Darwin?Copernicushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16699554476216140859noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301096656497422535.post-81745811225382844542015-08-13T10:29:22.664-07:002015-08-13T10:29:22.664-07:00http://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx...http://www.scirp.org/Journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=56613 <br /><br />Thermodynamics of Aging and Heredity (the origin of life and its development)<br /><br />A brief review of the author’s works in the sphere of thermodynamic theory of aging is presented. Particular attention is given to justification of the methods of classical and near-equilibrium “dynamic” thermodynamics used to assess the direction and extent of ontogenesis. It is noted that discovery of the law of temporal hierarchies and the substance stability principle made it possible to use quasi-equilibrium thermodynamics to describe aging of organisms and evolution of the living world. The review contains certain examples confirming thermodynamic direction of the origin of life and its development. The author states that supramolecular thermodynamics is the foundation of modern epigenetics. The review shows that the environment affects the composition and structure of the genetic apparatus as well as gene expression through the mechanisms of hierarchical thermodynamics. The author discusses the influence of “nutritive molecules” and other biological substances on tissue composition. It is noted that “nutritive molecules” can have an epigenetic influence on DNA and genetic apparatus as a whole. The author gives recommendations regarding nutrition and use of medicines from the perspective of the thermodynamic theory of aging. Though the author used simplifications and approximations when developing the thermodynamic theory of living beings’ aging, the theory is in agreement with the detected correlation between changes in the specific Gibbs free energy of supramolecular structure formation and changes in the chemical composition of body tissues during aging. The author believes that hierarchical thermodynamics is the foundation of Darwinian natural selection.<br /><br /><br />Georgi Gladyshevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877866049934704435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301096656497422535.post-33341054644783205702015-03-16T08:25:52.959-07:002015-03-16T08:25:52.959-07:00Thanks for that information, Georgi!Thanks for that information, Georgi!Copernicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16699554476216140859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301096656497422535.post-31153355776893697942015-03-14T10:41:43.725-07:002015-03-14T10:41:43.725-07:00Hierarchical thermodynamics is “A New Thermodynami...Hierarchical thermodynamics is “A New Thermodynamics Theory of the Origin of Life”. It was created 38 years ago 10.4236/ns.2015.73013 See:<br />Georgi P. Gladyshev (2015) Natural Selection and Thermodynamics of Biological Evolution. Natural Science, 2015, 7, 117-126 Published Online March 2015 Pub. Date: March 9, 2015 <br />DOI: 10.4236/ns.2015.73013 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ns.2015.73013 <br /><br />Abstract The author of this article proposes that the representation of Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace’s theory on “variation and selection” in the living world is a reflection of the action of hierarchical thermodynamics. Hierarchical thermodynamics is based on the law of temporal hierarchies and on the principle of substance stability. This principle enables the transmission of thermodynamic information between lower and higher structural hierarchies, in both forward and reverse direction: from nucleic acids to higher structural hierarchies and back. The principle of substance stability, in fact, is the main dynamical and thermodynamic mechanism of natural selection. It is alleged that the natural selection of atoms, molecules, organisms, populations, and other hierarchical structures takes place under the action of a variety of internal factors within organisms and the external environmental factors that can be considered as tropisms. Forms (design) of living organisms are formed as a result of spontaneous and non-spontaneous processes that lead to the adaptation of living systems to the environment. The selection is carried out as a result of the impacts of different energy types and the principle of substance stability at all levels of hierarchical structures. Actions of tropisms are presented by various members of the generalized Gibbs equation.<br />Georgi Gladyshevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07877866049934704435noreply@blogger.com