The fundamental reasons for global catastrophes

Viktor I. Shapovalov, Nickolay V. Kazakov

The Volgograd Branch of Moscow Humanitarian-Economics Institute, Volgograd, Russia.
The Volgograd State Technical University, Volgograd, Russia.

DOI: 10.4236/ns.2013.56082                

Abstract

This paper uses a new statistical method for studying self-organization in order to explain the origins of global catastrophes, namely the exceeding of the critical level of the planet’s organization. This method differs from traditional methods, because it uses specific notions such as the “entrostat” and “critical level of the organization of the open system”.

Keywords

Self-Organization; Entropy; Entrostat; Global Catastrophes

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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