Information and Entropy in Biological Systems (Part 4)

I kicked off the workshop on Information and Entropy in Biological Systems with a broad overview of the many ways information theory and entropy get used in biology:

• John Baez, Information and entropy in biological systems.

Abstract. Information and entropy are being used in biology in many different ways: for example, to study biological communication systems, the ‘action-perception loop’, the thermodynamic foundations of biology, the structure of ecosystems, measures of biodiversity, and...