Entropy, Exergy, Information and Complexity

Robert U. Ayres ()
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Chapter Chapter 13 in The History and Future of Economics, 2023, pp 179-194 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The larger system is Planet Earth and the solar system—especially the sun—from which it draws useful energy (exergy) capable of doing physical work, for metabolic purposes. Self-organization enables such a dissipative sub-system not only to survive, but to grow and increase its internal order and complexity. Self-organization, in the form of stable structures, incorporating multiple gradients, exist far from thermodynamic equilibrium.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26208-1_13

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