Mathematical Analysis of the Metabolism and Analogy of Economics

A thermodynamical analysis of the metabolism of matter and energy shows the resemblance of the mathematical form to that of economics. Therefore, the application of the mathematical method of economics to bio-physics is tried in the following. Further, there is the metabolic turnover of molecules and the turnover of cells which corresponds to the depreciation and repair of economics. Our body resembles a chemical plant or apparatus made of protein molecules and cells, which corresponds to the means of production. In this report the idea of metabolic turnover of the "negative entropy " is introduced. Social economics might be seen as the highly extended form of the metabolism of free energy, because our labour is part of the output of the free energy and rewarded by the input of the means of consumption, which is necessary to maintain life. Therefore, the analogy seems to be a fundamental one. The idea of the "utility" of food is introduced too and, using the idea, the ~~'ay of a quantitative analysis of fhe nutritive value is suggested.