β Scribed by Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
CHAPTER I Science: A Brief Evolutionary Analysis
CHAPTER II Science, Arithmomorphism, and Dialectics
CHAPTER III Change, Quality, and Thought
CHAPTER IV Measure, Size, and Sameness: Some Object Lessons from Physics
CHAPTER V Novelty, Evolution, and Entropy: More Object Lessons from Physics
CHAPTER VI Entropy, Order, and Probability
CHAPTER VII Chance, Cause, and Purpose
CHAPTER VIII Evolution versus Locomotion
CHAPTER IX The Analytical Representation of Process and the Economics of Production
CHAPTER X Entropy, Value, and Development
CHAPTER XI The Economic Science: Some General Conclusions
Appendices
Index
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