In existographies, Stephen Jay Kline (1922-1997) (CR:2) was an American mechanical engineer and thermodynamicist noted for a number of articles and one book in thermodynamics on topics on thermodynamics and life (powered-CHNOPS+ animate existence).
Overview
In circa 1980, Klein co-authored a memorial article on American chemist Frederick Koenig. [1]
In 1997, Kline, in his two-part article “Thermodynamics, Information, and Life Revisited” (published: 1998), co-authored with Peter Corning, they discuss the so-called entropy waste model of entropy, among other topics. [2]
In c.1997, Kline, in his his The Low-Down on Entropy and Interpretive Thermodynamics (posthumously-published 1999), attempted to “unravel the confusion”, as he says, between Shannon entropy, Brillioun entropy, and Clausius entropy, by using different symbols for each. [3]
Morality
Kline, in his Low-Down on Entropy (c.1997), devotes a small section on morality:
The following is one excerpt:
“Moral Constitutions: Clear examples of a ‘moral’ constitution are the seven commandments which Moses brought down from Mount Sinai, restated as ten commandments in the Christian New Testament. For the Orthodox Mosaic form, see: H.W. Wouk (1992).”
— Stephen Kline (c.1997), The Low-Down on Entropy (pg. 84)
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Education
Kline completed his BS (1943) and MS (1949) in mechanical engineering at Stanford University, followed by graduate studies thermodynamics and fluid mechanics studying under Joseph Keenan and Ascher Shapiro at MIT, completing his ScD there in 1952, after which he joined the mechanical engineering department faculty at Stanford, retiring from that position in 1992. [4]
References
1. Eastman, Richard H., Hutchinson, Eric, and Kline, Stephen. (date). “Memorial Resolution: Frederick Otto Koenig (1902-1974).” HistSoc.Stanford.edu.
2. (a) Corning, Peter A. and Kline, Stephen J. (1998). “Thermodynamics, Information, and Life Revisited, Part I: ‘To Be or Entropy’”, Systems Research and Behavior Science, Vol. 15, Issue 4, pgs 273-95.
(b) Corning, Peter A. and Kline, Stephen J. (1998). “Thermodynamics, Information, and Life Revisited, Part I: ‘Thermoeconomics’ and ‘Control Information”, Systems Research and Behavior Science, Vol. 15, Issue 6, pgs 453-82.
3. Kline, Stephen J. (1999). The Low-Down on Entropy and Interpretive Thermodynamics (pg. 12). DCW Industries.
4. Johnston, James P, Bradshaw, Peter, McGinn, Robert, and Reynolds, William C. (date). “Memorial Resolution: Stephen Jay Kline”, Stanford University.
Works employed
● Prigogine, Ilya; Stengers, Isabelle. (1978). Order Out of Chaos: Man’s New Dialogue with Nature (Foreword: Alvin Toffler) (La Nouvelle Alliance: Metamorphose de la Science) (abs). Bantam, 1984; Verso, 2018.
● Proops, John. (1987). “Entropy, Information, and Confusion in the Social Sciences” (abs), Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 1: 225-42.
External links
● Kline, S.J. (Stephen Jay) (1922-) – WorldCat Identities.
● Stephen Jay Kline (about) – DCW Industries Online Bookstore.
