BIOLOGY:THE ESSENTIALS (LL) W/CONNECT
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Chapter 4, Problem 1WIO
Summary Introduction
To determine:
The reason behind considering the statement “the high degree of organization of life is defined by the physical laws that say that entropy always increases” is false.
Introduction:
According to the second law of
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