Ars Scientifica

Sean Gibbons

Sean Gibbons

Montanan, Fulbright fellow, blogger http://arsscientifica.blogspot.com/, and soon-to-be PhD candidate in biophysics at the University of Chicago. I have bachelors degrees in cellular & molecular biology, microbiology (with a minor in chemistry), an…
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Exquisite Machines

Exquisite Machines

The synthesis of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and biology, pursued in fits and starts over the years by an eccentric cast of thinkers, has produced a few scientific red herrings, but the overall idea has expanded our biophysical horizons.  I'll summarize what I've come to understand about the development of biological thermodynamics and its implications, while trying to skirt the rabbit holes.