More Heat than Light
by Philip Mirowski | November 29, 1991 | Business & Money
This is a history of how physics has drawn some inspiration from economics and how economics has sought to emulate physics, especially with regard to the theory of value. The author traces the development of the energy concept in Western physics and its subsequent effect on the invention and promulgation of neoclassical economics, the modern orthodox theory.
This is a history of how physics has drawn some inspiration from economics and how economics has sought to emulate physics, especially with regard to the theory of value. The author traces the development of the energy concept in Western physics and its subsequent effect on the invention and promulgation of neoclassical economics, the modern orthodox theory.
More details for More Heat than Light
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ISBN #
0521426898
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Page count
464 pages
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Publication Date
November 29, 1991
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Category
Non-Fiction
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Genre
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Amazon Star Rating
4.2
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Amazon Ratings Count
20 ratings
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Amazon Last Rating Data Date
September 4, 2021
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