... CY335B/Dembski 0 521 82949 6 April 2, 2004 21:618Information, Entropy, and the Origin of LifeWalter L. Bradley1.introductionDarwin’s theory of evolution and the development of the Second Law of Thermodynamics ... predictions of one seem to contradict the predictions of the other. The Second Law of Thermodynamics suggests a progression fromorder to disorder, from complexity to simplicity, in the physical ... understandhow living systems are able to sustain themselves against the downward pull of the Second Law of Thermodynamics and how thermodynamics affects the origin of information-rich, living systems. Finally,...