Schweller, Randall L. <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421412788 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World politics--Forecasting.--21st century<br/>International relations--Forecasting.<br/>International organization--Forecasting.<br/>Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JZ1318  / .M399 2014