Information, Entropy, and Progress
A New Evolutionary Paradigm
- Hardcover
301 pages
- Release Date
8 May 1997
Summary
This text presents a challenging look at evolution on several scales, from the earth and its geology and chemistry, to living organisms, to social and economic systems, the manufacturing process, and the labour structure. 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. The book conclu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780883189115 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0883189119 |
| Author: | Robert U. Ayres |
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics |
| Imprint: | American Institute of Physics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 301 |
| Edition: | 1994th |
| Release Date: | 8 May 1997 |
| Weight: | 1.39kg |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Robert U. Ayres
Robert U. Ayres has been a professor of engineering and public policy at Carnegie-Mellon University and a Sandoz Professor of Economics and Technology Management at INSEAD, in France. He is currently an Institute Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria and a professor of environmental science at Chalmers Institute of Technology, Goteborg University, and Kalmar University.
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