Life, gravity and the second law of thermodynamics

Egan, Chas; Lineweaver, Charles

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Life, gravity and the second law of thermodynamics

Date

2008

Authors

Egan, Chas

Lineweaver, Charles

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

We review the cosmic evolution of entropy and the gravitational origin of the free energy required by life. All dissipative structures in the universe including all forms of life, owe their existence to the fact that the universe started in a low entropy