Sentences with phrase «evolution of a closed system»

The only thing that matters in science is predictive capacity: how well can a theory predict the evolution of a closed system based on initial conditions, or the closest you can get to that in real life with caveats made based on holes in the system or model.

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If you mean that we counter creationists arguments that evolution runs counter to the second law of thermodynamics by saying that that law only applies to heat transfer and randomness in a closed (gaseous) system, well, that is true.
«By doing this, by closing this loophole, it will advance the water quality efforts that we have engaged in and set the stage for the evolution away from the use of non-performing cesspools and septic systems.
«You need to have some type of closed system to be sure that the different reactants of the metabolism, or different mechanisms, can interact with each other and also have a kind of Darwinian evolution.
It offers astronomers a front - row seat to the evolution of a young planetary system and it remains one of the closest, youngest and best - studied examples today.
When a star leaves the main sequence, its future evolution is precisely determined by its mass, rate of rotation (or angular momentum), and chemical composition and whether it is a member of a close binary system.
We present a study of the planetary systems WASP - 45 and WASP - 46, both composed of a main - sequence star and a close - in ho... ▽ More Accurate measurements of the physical characteristics of a large number of exoplanets are useful to strongly constrain theoretical models of planet formation and evolution, which lead to the large variety of exoplanets and planetary - system configurations that have been observed.
Indeed, once the time - loop conceit gets cooking, Edge of Tomorrow reveals itself as something more modest, and assuredly so: a lean quest narrative about an egomaniac's gradual shedding of himself and resultant evolution into a pure instrument for the Cause — dying over and over again so that he might inch his way closer to mastering the system he's in.
Inside its luxurious cabin, Maserati is promising a new evolution of its Touch Control system, an infotainment architecture many of you will recognize as a close relative of Chrysler's UConnect.
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