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Information, Entropy, and Progress: A New Evolutionary Paradigm

by Robert U. Ayres

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Hardcover · 301 pages American Inst. of Physics · 1997

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Information, Entropy, and Progress

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.

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Publisher
American Inst. of Physics
Author
Robert U. Ayres
Format
Hardcover
Published
May 8, 1997
ISBN-13
9780883189115
Pages
301
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