{"product_id":"maxwells-demon-and-the-golden-randall-l-schweller-9781421412771","title":"Maxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple: Global Discord in the New Millennium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMixing myth, entropy, and Angry Birds, Randall Schweller brings a novel perspective to international studies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust what exactly will follow the American century? This is the question Randall L. Schweller explores in his provocative assessment of international politics in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchweller considers the future of world politics, correlating our reliance on technology and our multitasking, distracted, disorganized lives with a fragmenting world order. He combines the Greek myth of the Golden Apple of Discord, which explains the start of the Trojan War, with a look at the second law of thermodynamics, or entropy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In the coming age,\" Schweller writes, \"disorder will reign supreme as the world succumbs to . . . entropy, an irreversible process of disorganization that governs the direction of all physical changes taking place in the universe.\" Interweaving his theory of global disorder with issues on the world stage--coupled with a disquisition on board games and the cell phone app \"Angry Birds\"--Schweller's thesis yields astonishing insights. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaxwell's Demon and the Golden Apple\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to leaders of multinational corporations and government programs as well as instructors of undergraduate courses in international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randall L. Schweller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421412772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421412771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.27w x 0.80d","brand":"Randall L. Schweller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088211390719,"sku":"9781421412771","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b7263df-8986-45d2-83ff-0e708cd79440.jpg?v=1769103672","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/maxwells-demon-and-the-golden-randall-l-schweller-9781421412771","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}