Keith R Burich
Biographic Data
| ID | 1673508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith R Burich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith R |
| FAMILY NAME | Burich |
| SIGNATURE | BURICH K R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
"Stable Equilibrium Is Death": Henry Adams, Sir Charles Lyell, and the Paradox of Progress
VER since Henry Adams penned the phrase stable equilibrium is death in his Letter to American Teachers of History (1910), historians have quite naturally assumed that he was referring to the awful predictions of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which requires the irreversible dissipation of human and natural energies to the point of a universal, deadening stasis. Indeed, the Second Law, with its dire consequences, has served historians as a kind…
In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought
"Our Power Is Always Running ahead of Our Mind": Henry Adams's Phases of History
WJHEN Henry Adams composed Rule of Applied to History in 1909, he intended it as a goodnatured but pointed jab at his fellow historians for naively assuming that the future is determined by the past. The message, unfortunately, was lost. Leaving Rule of Phase unpublished, Adams abandoned it to pursue the more dramatic and frightening consequences predicted by the second law of thermodynamics which he set forth in Letter to American Teachers of Hi…
Henry Adams, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and the Course of History
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Henry Adams, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and the Course of History
"Our Power Is Always Running ahead of Our Mind": Henry Adams's Phases of History
WJHEN Henry Adams composed Rule of Applied to History in 1909, he intended it as a goodnatured but pointed jab at his fellow historians for naively assuming that the future is determined by the past. The message, unfortunately, was lost. Leaving Rule of Phase unpublished, Adams abandoned it to pursue the more dramatic and frightening consequences predicted by the second law of thermodynamics which he set forth in Letter to American Teachers of Hi…
"Stable Equilibrium Is Death": Henry Adams, Sir Charles Lyell, and the Paradox of Progress
VER since Henry Adams penned the phrase stable equilibrium is death in his Letter to American Teachers of History (1910), historians have quite naturally assumed that he was referring to the awful predictions of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, which requires the irreversible dissipation of human and natural energies to the point of a universal, deadening stasis. Indeed, the Second Law, with its dire consequences, has served historians as a kind…
In Search of Human Nature: The Decline and Revival of Darwinism in American Social Thought
Philosophy (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Global Energy and Sustainability Research (2 works) · Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Mathematical economics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Physics (2 works)