In Far From Equilibrium Conditions, The Concept

Now We See Evolutionary Trends In A Variety Of Areas Ranging From Atomic And Molecular Physics Through Fluid Mechanics, Chemistry And Biology To Large Scale Systems Of Relevance In Environmental And Economic Sciences

The Real Is Only One Realization Of The Possible.

The Statistical Probability That Organic Structures And The Most Precisely Harmonized Reactions That Typify Living Organisms Would Be Generated By Accident, Is Zero.

The Idea Of Spontaneous Generation Of Life In Its Present Form Is Therefore Highly Improbable Even To The Scale Of The Billions Of Years During Which Prebotic Evolution Occurred.

It Is A Remarkable Fact That The Second Law Of Thermodynamics Has Played In The History Of Science A Fundamental Role Far Beyond Its Original Scope. Suffice It To Mention Boltzmann's Work On Kinetic Theory, Planck's Discovery Of Quantum Theory Or Einstein's Theory Of Spontaneous Emission, Which Were All Based On The Second Law Of Thermodynamics.