Robert Underwood Ayres was an American-born physicist and economist. His career focused on the application of physical ideas, especially the laws of thermodynamics, to economics; a long-standing pioneering interest in material flows and transformations —a concept which he originated. His most recent work challenged the widely held economic theory of growth.
- Occupation
- economist, physicist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 29, 1932
- Died
- October 23, 2023
