Maxwell's demon and the golden apple : global discord in the new millennium /
Schweller, Randall L.
Maxwell's demon and the golden apple : global discord in the new millennium / Randall L. Schweller. - Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and 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?
9781421412788
World politics--Forecasting.--21st century
International relations--Forecasting.
International organization--Forecasting.
Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
Electronic Books.
JZ1318 / .M399 2014
Maxwell's demon and the golden apple : global discord in the new millennium / Randall L. Schweller. - Baltimore, Maryland : The Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and 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?
9781421412788
World politics--Forecasting.--21st century
International relations--Forecasting.
International organization--Forecasting.
Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
Electronic Books.
JZ1318 / .M399 2014