3 papers
q-bio.PE2011
On the nature of intraspecific genetic variability: Evidence against the ruling paradigm
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov
Empirical evidence is presented which contradicts the established interpretation of the intraspecific genetic variability as the adaptive potential of the species: the uniform evol…
q-fin.GN2010
Comprehending environmental and economic sustainability: Comparative analysis of stability principles in the biosphere and free market economy
Victor G. Gorshkov, Anastassia M. Makarieva, Bai-Lian Li
Using the formalism of Lyapunov potential function it is shown that the stability principles for biomass in the ecosystem and for employment in economics are mathematically similar…
physics.ao-ph2010
Reply to comment of Bister and co-authors on the critique of the dissipative heat engine
Anastassia M. Makarieva, Victor G. Gorshkov, Bai-Lian Li +1
The dissipative heat engine (DHE) is based on a Carnot cycle with external heat Qin received at temperature Ts and released at To < Ts. In contrast to the classical Carnot engine,…