From the principle of sustainable non-equilibrium to sustainable development.

Autor: Ermakov D; Peoples' Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University), Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, 117198, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: ermakov-ds@rudn.ru., Ermakov A; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Embryology, 1, B. 12 Lenin Hills, Moscow, 119991, Russia. Electronic address: ermakov99@mail.ru.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Bio Systems [Biosystems] 2024 Jul; Vol. 241, pp. 105233. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 14.
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105233
Abstrakt: Ervin Bauer was Hungarian and Soviet scientist, who had a short, but bright and talented life. In 1935, working at the Institute of Experimental Medicine in the USSR, he published the book «Theoretical Biology», in which he proposed an idea of a special "non-equilibrium" state of living systems and the existence of internal machineries in the organism that work against thermodynamic equilibrium and increase the organism's capacity for work. Currently, this idea is called "the principle of sustainable non-equilibrium" or "Bauer's principle". During the repressions of the 1930s in the USSR, Bauer was executed, the book « Theoretical Biology» was banned. Currently, his works are poorly known, especially outside the post-socialist region. We believe that his ideas could help in rethinking not only the biochemistry and bioenergetics of cells and tissues of living organisms, but also biogeochemical and civilizational processes on a planetary scale.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors of the paper declare no conflict of interest.
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