Entropy and Art - An Essay on Disorder and Order (Paperback, 2 Revised Edition)


This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics - between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder.

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This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics - between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder.

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General

Imprint

University of California Press

Country of origin

United States

Release date

August 2010

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

2010

Authors

Dimensions

210 x 137 x 8mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

72

Edition

2 Revised Edition

ISBN-13

978-0-520-26600-1

Barcode

9780520266001

Categories

LSN

0-520-26600-5



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