In existographies, Spyros Tzafestas (c.1941-) is a Greek robotics engineer, noted for []
Overview
In 2018, Tzafestas, in his Energy, Information, Feedback, Adaptation, and Self-organization: The Fundamental Elements of Life and Society, gives a melting pot theory presentation of a synthesis of: energy, thermodynamics, feedback (cybernetics), self-organization, information, information theory, fourth law of thermodynamics, teleology, etc., amid which he posts a section of “Life and Human Thermodynamics Quotes” (see: human thermodynamics quotes), e.g. by Libb Thims, Christoph Wieland, A.E. Wilder-Smith (Ѻ), etc., in aims to explain human society; an ontic opening stylized agnostic-theism presentation, in short.
Education
Tzafestas completed his BS in physics in 1963 at Athens University, with focus on radio electronics, his DIC in electrical control engineering, at Imperial College, London, his MS in automatic control systems engineering, in 1967, at London University, and his PhD in systems and control in 1969, at Southampton University (Ѻ); presently, he is professor emeritus at National Technical University of Athens.
Quotes | Employed
The following are quotes employed by Tzafestas:
“What is the difference then between a stick, which is dead, and an orchid which is alive? The difference is that the orchid has teleonomy in it (i.e., information stored in its genes involving the concepts of design and purpose). It is a machine which is capturing energy to increase order. Where you have life, you have teleonomy, and then the sun's energy can be taken and make things grow-increasing its order.”
— Arthur Smith (1983). “The Origin of the Universe”, a creationist film series [2]
“Human thermodynamics is the chemical thermodynamic study of human molecular reaction life [existence].”
— Libb Thims (2007), Human Chemistry, Volume Two (pg. 653)(Ѻ)(Ѻ) [1]
References
1. Tzafestas, Spyros G. (2018). Energy, Information, Feedback, Adaptation, and Self-organization: The Fundamental Elements of Life and Society (Thims, pg. 145; §: Life and Human Thermodynamics Quotes, pgs. 144-46). Springer.
2. Wilder-Smith, Arthur E., Glashouwer, Willem J.J., and Taylor, Paul S. (1983). “The Origin of the Universe” (Ѻ), a creationist film series, PO Box 1167, Marysville WA 98270-1167, USA: Eden Films and Standard Media.
External links
● Spyros G. Tzafestas (faculty) – National Technical University of Athens.
● Spyros Tzafestas – Google Scholar.
