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Let us take the slow process first. A slow process is one that occurs at or near equilibrium. According to classical thermodynamics, a process occurring at or near equilibrium is reversible, and is the most efficient in terms of generating the maximum amount of work and the least amount of entropy (see p. 15). , slower than τ, which can in reality be a very short period of time, for processes that have a short time constant. Thus, for a process that takes place in 10-12 s, a millisecond (10-3 s) is < previous page page_31 next page > < previous page page_32 next page > Page 32 an eternity.
Previous page page_19 next page > < previous page page_20 next page > Page 20 It is only an analogue of the macroscopic entropy. As physical chemist, Kenneth Denbigh4 reminds us, there is no necessary connection between entropy and either ‘orderliness’ or ‘organization’. 5 We shall leave these difficulties aside for the moment (to be dealt with in Chapter 5), and concentrate on the limitations of the second law of thermodynamics which arise on account of its statistical foundations. Is Maxwell's Demon in the Living System?
On the other hand, if the disturbance or signal is significant enough, a series of irreversible events brings the organism to a new ‘steady state’ by developing or differentiating new tissues. The organism may even act to alter its environment appropriately. 3 The propagating of processes in many dimensions of space and time. The spot marked x is the initial signalling process. The dotted lines and solid lines represent two series of catenated processes spreading out from the initial event. < previous page page_28 next page > < previous page page_29 next page > Page 29 local pumping, gating and chemical transformation.
