The Entropy Law and the Economic Process

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

Published by Harvard University Press 1971

The Entropy Law and the Economic Process

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674281653

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER I Science: A Brief Evolutionary Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
CHAPTER II Science, Arithmomorphism, and Dialectics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
CHAPTER III Change, Quality, and Thought Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
CHAPTER IV Measure, Size, and Sameness: Some Object Lessons from Physics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
CHAPTER V Novelty, Evolution, and Entropy: More Object Lessons from Physics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
CHAPTER VI Entropy, Order, and Probability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
CHAPTER VII Chance, Cause, and Purpose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
CHAPTER VIII Evolution versus Locomotion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
CHAPTER IX The Analytical Representation of Process and the Economics of Production Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
CHAPTER X Entropy, Value, and Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	276
CHAPTER XI The Economic Science: Some General Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	316
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	439

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1971
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 15
- Main content: 457
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 5
- Tables: 12
Keywords: Entropy.; Economics.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674281653

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1971
ISBN: 9780674281646