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What Is Energy and How (Else) Might we Think about It? Sanford Kwinter, Kiel Moe English edition. 12,7 x 18,5 cm / 5 x 7.38 in. Soft cover. 192 pages. Color images May 201 ISBN 978-1-940291-45-1 25€ / $29.95 / £19.95 Energy and design are currently imprisoned within a narrow framework of commonplaces, moral mediocrity, and outright error. Yet the platitudes that ensue from it continue to claim the attention of both the discipline and the fields of urbanism and design. This book will approach the central laws of physics, particularly those of thermodynamics, as the central development of our age. These universal propensities pose profound challenges to both classical models of thought and to traditional approaches to form: from classical equilibrium theory to asymmetry, control theory, entropy, information and irreversibility. The book’s hope is to foster a new ethos in design methods and new directions for practice that address the actual capacities and behaviors of the world we live.
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