Living systems maintain organization despite operating within a universe governed by thermodynamic processes associated with increasing entropy. Defying Entropy explores how biological systems preserve structure, function, information, and continuity through energy exchange, molecular organization, adaptation, and reproduction. Drawing on thermodynamics, molecular biology, genetics, evolution, systems theory, and biotechnology, the book builds from foundational concepts toward a broader understanding of biological persistence. Readers examine how cells maintain order, how genetic information supports continuity, and how organisms adapt to changing environments. The discussion extends these principles to aging, health, ecological stability, synthetic biology, and artificial life, connecting abstract physical ideas with tangible biological processes. Readers gain a structured framework for understanding the subject and its broader consequences for future study, and beyond.
