Buchcover: Beyond the Second Law
Beyond the Second Law
Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Systems
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Erschienen am: 27.08.2016
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ISBN/EAN
978-3-662-52108-3
Titel
Beyond the Second Law
Untertitel
Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Systems
Sprache
Englisch
Gewicht
674 Gramm
Abmessung
155,0 mm (Breite) x 235,0 mm (Höhe) x 25,0 mm (Tiefe)
Seiten (gesamt)
448 Seiten
Abbildungen
15 Abbildungen farbig
Verlag/Hersteller
Auflage
Softcover reprint of the original 1st edition 2014
Herstellerkontakt
E-Mail: productsafety@springernature.com




The Second Law, a cornerstone of thermodynamics, governs the average direction of dissipative, non-equilibrium processes. But it says nothing about their actual rates or the probability of fluctuations about the average. This interdisciplinary book, written and peer-reviewed by international experts, presents recent advances in the search for new non-equilibrium principles beyond the Second Law, and their applications to a wide range of systems across physics, chemistry and biology. Beyond The Second Law brings together traditionally isolated areas of non-equilibrium research and highlights potentially fruitful connections between them, with entropy production playing the unifying role. Key theoretical concepts include the Maximum Entropy Production principle, the Fluctuation Theorem, and the Maximum Entropy method of statistical inference. Applications of these principles are illustrated in such diverse fields as climatology, cosmology, crystal growth morphology, Earth system science, environmental physics, evolutionary biology and technology, fluid turbulence, microbial biogeochemistry, plasma physics, and radiative transport, using a wide variety of analytical and experimental techniques. Beyond The Second Law will appeal to students and researchers wishing to gain an understanding of entropy production and its central place in the science of non-equilibrium systems - both in detail and in terms of the bigger picture.




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