Literally `synergy' means the union of energies; from the Greek, syn-ergy = union + energy; conceptually it means the multiplication of energies.

Synergy is a fundamental phenomenon that must be illustrated to facilitate its understanding. For example:

•  Fire is synergic, that is an element resulting of the union of the following trio: heat, fuel and oxygen. The combustion then is synergic, because without any of the three mentioned fire could not be originated since it is born from them.

•  Cellular life is synergic, element which originates from energy, bio-intelligence and structure. Life is synergic because it could not be originated without any of the three mentioned elements.

•  The hour is the resulting synergic concept of the integration of mechanical elements such as the components of a clock, which simulate the Earth's trajectory around the sun. If any element should fail there would not be synergy, therefore there would not be an hour.

•  A newborn is the synergic element of the integration of man and woman.

•  And thus 'ad infinitum'.

This new branch of the physics has great importance in sociology, area in which it is manifested in terms of the contributing interaction of the elements in the group, which is only possible if the antagonism within the group diminishes. That is, to say that the affinity determines synergy: the greater the affinity the greater the synergy, and vice versa.

Synergy, therefore, has as pre-requisite integration and this must be preceded by the affinity of the parts, because integration is only possible if affinity exists.

Consequently, the development of a society can be measured based on existing synergy. Societies in growth are highly synergic, because affinity between its parts exists.

The fundamental ingredient of synergy therefore is the affinity and its counterpart, hatred. Synergy and entropy, therefore, are opposed, the first being the union of energy, the second: destruction and dissipation of energy.

It is worth defining at this point, entropy as the degree of randomness in a system, which determines its order or anarchical structure.

We observe then, since the affinity - by its resulting synergy - is an indispensable ingredient for the development of a society. The greater the affinity, the smaller the entropy, the smaller the affinity the greater the entropy = chaos.