Ebeling, Werner; Engel, Andreas; Feistel, Rainer Physics of evolution processes. (Physik der Evolutionsprozesse.) (German) Zbl 0747.92020 Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. 371 S. mit 180 Abb. u. 18 Tab. (1990). This is an overview of theories and models used for explanation of evolution and self-organization: Prigogine’s nonequilibrium thermodynamics, deterministic and stochastic population dynamics, von Neumann theory of self-reproducing automata, and Eigen-Schuster theory of the origin of information. Reviewer: P.Kŭrka (Praha) Cited in 1 ReviewCited in 4 Documents MSC: 92D15 Problems related to evolution 92-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to biology 82C99 Time-dependent statistical mechanics (dynamic and nonequilibrium) 82D99 Applications of statistical mechanics to specific types of physical systems Keywords:overview; evolution; self-organization; Prigogine’s nonequilibrium thermodynamics; population dynamics; von Neumann theory of self- reproducing automata; Eigen-Schuster theory of the origin of information PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{W. Ebeling} et al., Physik der Evolutionsprozesse. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag (1990; Zbl 0747.92020)