Ruelle, David. “The origin of life seen from the point of view of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.” arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.08388 (2017).
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This note presents a minimal approach to the origin of life, following standard ideas. We pay special attention to the point of view of non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, and in particular to detailed balance. As a consequence we propose a characterization of pre-biological states.