Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I Econophysics -- 1 Why econophysics? -- 1 Newton's apple paradigm revisited -- 1.1 Newton's apple -- 1.2 An economic parallel -- 2 Simple phenomena first -- 2.1 Two-body problems -- 2.2 Complexity classification -- 2.3 The...

"Preface" -- "References" -- "Contents" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Tables" -- "A Brief Introduction to Quantum Formalism" -- "1 Introduction" -- "2 States and Observables" -- "2.1 Pure States" -- "2.2 Mixed States" -- "3 Quantum Probability" -- "3.1...

Key Features:Proposes an analytical thermodynamic theory of the life sciences and social sciencesPresents analytical theories of value, production and competition that are directly derived from thermodynamic lawsOffers a simple and unified explanation of many fundamental phenomena in our society...