In architectural thermodynamics, Alan Geoffrey Wilson (1939-) is an English urban architect noted for his 1970 book Entropy in Urban and Regional Modelling, in which the logic of general systems theory and entropy is used to facilitate city planning. [1]

Education
In his undergraduate years, Wilson studied mathematics at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Soon thereafter, he became involved in physics. From 1961-64, he was a Scientific Officer in the Theoretical Physics Group at the Rutherford Laboratory. In 1965, he began converting to the social sciences through research on the mathematical modelling of cities. He had research posts in Oxford and London before being appointed as Professor of Urban & Regional Geography at the University of Leeds in 1970.

References
1. (a) Wilson, A.G. (1970). Entropy in Urban and Regional Modelling (ch. 1: What is Entropy?, pg. 1; ch. 7: Entropy, Social Physics, and General Systems Theory, pg. 112; etc.). London: Pion.
(b) Bailey, Kenneth D. (1990). Social Entropy Theory (pg. 85). New York: State University of New York Press.
2. Anon. (2007). “Professor Sir Alan Wilson joins UCL CASA.” UCL News. 12 Sept.

External links
● Alan Wilson – Wikipedia.