Information, Entropy, and Progress: A New Evolutionary Paradigm - Hardcover

Ayres, Robert U.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0883189119 ISBN 13: 9780883189115

Verlag: American Institute of Physics, 1997

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Book by Ayres Robert U

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Market: Those in economics, especially thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, cybernetics, information theory, resource use, and evolutionary economic behavior. This book presents an innovative and challenging look at evolution on several scales, from the earth and its geology and chemistry to living organisms to social and economic systems. Applying the principles of thermodynamics and the concepts of information gathering and self- organization, the author characterizes the direction of evolution in each case as an accumulation of "distinguishability" information--a type of universal knowledge.

Biografía del autor:

Robert U. Ayres, an American-born physicist and economist, is Emeritus Professor of Economics and Political Science at INSEAD, the international graduate business school. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including (with Benjamin Warr) "The Economic Growth Engine: How Energy and Work Drive Prosperity".

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• Verlag: American Institute of Physics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0883189119
• ISBN 13: 9780883189115
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 324