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concept:negative-entropyNegative Entropy
Schrödinger's concept that living systems maintain order by extracting 'negative entropy' (order) from environment, reconciling second law of thermodynamics.
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- Schrödinger's central claim about how life evades thermodynamic equilibrium.
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- Quantum Mechanicsassociated_withTheoretical framework Schrödinger argues is essential for explaining chemical stability of genes and hereditary substance against thermal perturbation.
- Entropyassociated_withA measurable physical quantity representing disorder; its increase is dictated by the second law of thermodynamics.
- Order (versus Disorder)associated_withLow entropy, organized state; life maintains order by consuming negative entropy.
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- Secondary question Schrödinger addresses via concept of negative entropy and environmental energy extraction.
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