Contributions to the Energetics of Evolution
This paper was written by Alfred Lotka and published in 1922. In this short essay, the mathematician, physical chemist, and statistician, Alfred Lotka first describes his principle of maximum energy flux, which he argues guides evolutionary development. Alfred Lotka. 1922a. Contribution to the energetics of evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 8/6:147–151.