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BIOGRAPHY He studied mathematics at the University Of Bucharest , graduating in 1926. After winning a scholarship, he went on to study at the University Of Paris , where his interests turned towards statistics and economics. He received a Ph.D. degree in 1930, for a thesis on latent cyclical components in Time Series . Another scholarship allowed him to pursue his studies for two years at the University College in London with Karl Pearson . In 1932, Georgescu-Roegen returned to Romania, and became Professor of Statistics at the University of Bucharest. He held this position until 1946.Andrea Maneschi and Stefano Zamagni, "Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, 1906-1994", '' The Economic Journal '', Vol. 107, No. 442 (May, 1997), 695–707. JSTOR He was a professor at Vanderbilt University from 1950 to 1976 Georgescu-Roegen introduced into Economics , '' Inter Alia '', the concept of Entropy from Thermodynamics (as distinguished from the mechanistic foundation of neoclassical economics drawn from Newtonian physics) and did foundational work which later developed into Evolutionary Economics . His work contributed significantly to Bioeconomics and to Ecological Economics .Cleveland, C. and Ruth, M. 1997. When, where, and by how much do biophysical limits constrain the economic process? A survey of Georgescu-Roegen's contribution to ecological economics. ''Ecological Economics'' 22: 203-223.Daly, H. 1995. On Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen’s contributions to economics: An obituary essay. ''Ecological Economics'' 13: 149-54.Mayumi, K. 1995. Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1906-1994): an admirable epistemologist. ''Structural Change and Economic Dynamics'' 6: 115-120.Mayumi,K. and Gowdy, J. M. (eds.) 1999. ''Bioeconomics and Sustainability: Essays in Honor of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen''. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.Mayumi, K. 2001. ''The Origins of Ecological Economics: The Bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen''. London: Routledge. He was a protégé of the renowned economist Joseph Schumpeter . SELECTED WRITINGS
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