Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen was a Romanian mathematician, statistician and economist. He is best known today for his 1971 magnum opus The Entropy Law and the Economic Process, in which he argued that all natural resources are irreversibly degraded when put to use in economic activity.

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Who was born first?

• Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and Olga Taussky-Todd were born the same year
• Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and Grace Hopper were born the same year
• Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and Albert Hofmann were born the same year
• Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and Hans Bethe were born the same year
• Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen and Shinichiro Tomonaga were born the same year

Timeline

1. Albert HofmannJanuary 11, 1906 – April 29, 2008
2. Grace HopperDecember 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992
3. Hans BetheJuly 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005
4. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (this page)February 4, 1906 – October 30, 1994
5. Olga Taussky-ToddAugust 30, 1906 – October 7, 1995
6. Shinichiro TomonagaMarch 31, 1906 – July 8, 1979

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