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The purpose of this book is to discuss and present evidence for the general thesis that the flow of energy through a system acts to organize that system.

Harold J. Morowitz

The marriage of oil and vinegar wrought by egg yolk is a model for compounds that favor opposites, like fat at one end and water at the other. Those compounds form the boundaries of cells and tie molecules together, mirroring the self-replicating units of life.

Harold J. Morowitz

All of biological process begins with the capture of solar photons and terminates with the flow of heat to the environment. Biology is at its roots a profoundly thermodynamic subject.

Harold J. Morowitz

Information is much more expensive than matter. We are led cent by dollar from a lowly pile of common materials to a grand philosophical conclusion, the infinite preciousness of every person.

Harold J. Morowitz

The use of thermodynamics in biology has a long history rich in confusion.

Harold J. Morowitz

Harold J. Morowitz

Harold J. Morowitz

Born: December 4, 1927

Died: March 22, 2016 (aged 88)

Bio: Harold J. Morowitz is an American biophysicist who studies the application of thermodynamics to living systems. Author of numerous books and articles, his work includes technical monographs as well as essays.

Known for:

The emergence of everything (2002)
Energy Flow in Biology (1968)
The Thermodynamics of Pizza (1991)
Beginnings of Cellular Life (1992)

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