Scarcity's Ways: The Origins of Capital: A Critical Essay on Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics and Economics

by Michael S. MacRakis

invoking the fluctuation-dissipation theorems of Einstein and 2 more recently those of Callen and Kubo in order to get to manageable results. In this manner, great strides have been made in the development of the many-body problem without reaching the necessity to legitimize thermodynamics. Ther- modynamics and statistical mechanics were used successful- ly as bridges and guides to get the new ideas to conform to the macroscopic experiences (measurements)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792347609
• ISBN13: 9780792347606
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"