The Second Law of Economics Energy, Entropy, and the Origins of Wealth /

• Main Author: Kümmel, Reiner (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Thermodynamics.; Sociophysics.; Econophysics.; Energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Environmental economics.; Socio- and Econophysics, Population and Evolutionary Models.; Energy Economics.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Sustainable Development.; Environmental Economics.

Nothing happens in the world without energy conversion and entropy production.  These fundamental natural laws are familiar to most of us when applied to the evolution of stars, biological processes, or the working of an internal combustion engine, but what about industrial economies and wealth prod...