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Entropy theory of aging systems : humans, corporations and the universe / Daniel Hershey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hershey, Daniel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Entropy.
- Nonequilibrium thermodynamics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 p. ) ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Entropy is a measure of order and disorder. If left alone, aging systems go spontaneously from a youthful, low entropy and order, to an old, high entropy and disorder. This book presents the commonality of entropy principles which govern the birth, maturation, and senescent history of aging humans, corporations, and the universe.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Life and death
- pt. 2. Entropy, infinity and God
- pt. 3. Lifespan and factors affecting it : humans
- pt. 4. Entropy theory of aging systems : humans
- pt. 5. Entropy theory of aging systems : the corporation
- pt. 6. Entropy theory at aging systems : the universe.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612759796
- 9781282759794
- 1282759795
- 9781848162938
- 1848162936
- OCLC:
- 729020324
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