Robert Ayres (scientist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Robert Ayres (scientist)

American physicist and economist

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1932

Place of Birth: Plainfield, New Jersey, United States

Profession: physicist, economist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Robert Underwood Ayres (born June 29, 1932) is an American-born physicist and economist.
His career has focused on the application of physical ideas, especially the laws of thermodynamics, to economics; a long-standing pioneering interest in material flows and transformations (industrial ecology or industrial metabolism)—a concept which he originated.
His most recent work challenges the widely held economic theory of growth.