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Sep 27, 2024
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T3 415A - Entropy and Human Activity
Examines the application of the concept of entropy to human society as a whole, through the critical reading and discussion of works by Jeremy Rifkin and Bernard Cohen. Energy is conserved, but most physical processes involve transformations of available energy into forms less readily available. Rifkin claims that civilized humanity should reorder its priorities to minimize increases of entropy, which characterize such transformations. Several topics in the physical sciences are presented in some detail to provide adequate technical background to evaluate Rifkin’s theses.
Prerequisites: SR ONLY
Credit Hours: 4General Education Code: T3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken an unlimited number of times, but only last course taken counts.
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