On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 18:44:27 +0000 (UTC), Raphael Goubet
 wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Could anyone recommend me some readings on the topic of evolution as
>entropy (or as negentropy, I would think)?
>
>I think that the notion of complexity to explain evolution has been
>largely used by people such as Stuart Kauffman and Brian Goodwin, but
>I couldn't find references of writing referring to entropy.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Raphael
>
>[moderator's note: Call me crazy, but how about Brooks and Wiley's
>book, "Evolution as Entropy"? (Univ. Chicago Press, 1988, I think).
>Worth a look, although my recollection is that it's extremely
>dense writing. - JAH]

Evolution is not ordinarily considered in the context of entropy
except.  That is why there are not "standard" works in this area.
There are specific somewhat speculative treatises like the Brooks book
already mentioned, as well as things like Weber, Bruce: ed. (1988)
Entropy, Information, and Evolution, MIT Press, Cambridge.

You should also look at works in information theory and complexity
theory.  Still, none of these areas are main-line evolution.  They
usually represent physicists or mathematicians attempts at developinjg
some sort of synthetic theory applicable to evolution.
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