What is Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen?
{{Infobox scientist | image = | image_upright = 0.75 | alt = Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen | native_name = Nicolae Georgescu | birth_date = 4 February 1906 | birth_place = [[Constanța|Constanţa]], [[Kingdom of Romania]] | death_date = {{d-da|30 October 1994|4 February 1906}} | death_place = [[Nashville, Tennessee]], United States | spouse = Otilia Georgescu-Roegen,<br/>b. Busuioc | nationality = Romanian | fields = Economics, mathematics, statistics | workplaces = [[University of Bucharest]]<sup>(1932–46)</sup>, [[Harvard University]]<sup>(1934–36)</sup>, [[Vanderbilt University]]<sup>(1950–76)</sup>, [[Graduate Institute of International Studies]]<sup>(1974)</sup>, [[University of Strasbourg]]<sup>(1977–78)</sup> | alma_mater = [[University of Bucharest]], [[Paris Institute of Statistics]], [[University College London]] | academic_advisors = [[Traian Lalescu]], [[Émile Borel]], [[Karl Pearson]], [[Joseph Schumpeter]] | doctoral_students = [[Herman Daly]] | notable_students = [[Kozo Mayumi]], [[Muhammad Yunus]] | known_for = [[Utility theory]], [[consumer choice theory]], [[production theory]], [[biophysical economics]], [[ecological economics]] | influences = [[Aristotle]], [[Rudolf Clausius]], [[Ernst Mach]] | influenced = [[Herman Daly]], [[Kozo Mayumi]], [[Jeremy Rifkin]], [[Cutler J. Cleveland]], John M. Gowdy, [[André Gorz]], [[Joan Martinez Alier]], [[:fr:Jacques Grinevald|Jacques Grinevald]], [[Serge Latouche]], [[:de:Malte Michael Faber|Malte Michael Faber]], [[Mauro Bonaiuti]] | awards = The Harvie Branscomb Award }} '''Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen''' (born '''Nicolae Georgescu''', 4 February 1906 – 30 October 1994) was a Romanian American [[mathematician]], [[statistician]] and [[economist]]. He was best known today for his 1971 [[Masterpiece|magnum opus]] ''The Entropy Law and the Economic Process''. He was a key figure in the creation of [[ecological economics]]. Seve