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Maxwell's demon and the golden apple : global discord in the new millennium
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- Creator
- Randall L. Schweller
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781421412788, 1421412772, 9781421412771, 1421412780
- OCLC
- ocn862066378, ocn875894743
- Includes index.
- Introduction : navigating the chaos of contemporary world politics : network vs. no-work -- Understanding the language of energy : why entropy does not herald doomsday -- Entropy as metaphor : pattern recognition, time's arrow, and the big chill -- The multidimensions of disorder : thermodynamics and world politics -- The role of emerging powers in the age of entropy, or, What happens when the sheriff leaves town and anonymous moves in -- How power diffusion works to a state's advantage : this is not your great-grandfather's multipolar world -- Rising entropy at the macro level : the world is not flat in purgatory -- Rising entropy at the micro level : information overload and the advent of truthiness -- Maxwell's demon and angry birds : big data to the rescue?