Entropy: A New World View
by Jeremy Rifkin
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An interesting book but Rifkin applies entropy incorrectly to social systems. Anyone who knows college-level thermodynamics should be able to see the flaws in his logic....
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Jeremy Rifkin is president of the Foundation on Economic Trends and the author of 19 bestselling books that have been translated into, more than 35 languages. Rifkin serves as an adviser to the European Union and to heads of state around the world. He is chairman of the Third Industrial Revolution Global CEO Business Roundtable, which includes show more many of the world's leading Fortune 500 companies. Rifkin is also a senior lecturer at the Wharton Schools Executive Education Program at the University or Pennsylvania. show less
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- Entropy; Entropy: Into the Greenhouse World
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- GF21 .R53 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Human ecology. Anthropogeography Human ecology. Anthropogeography
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