Understanding Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics Foundations, Applications, Frontiers /

Our time is characterized by an explosion of information and by an accel- ation of knowledge. A book cannot compete with the huge amount of data available on the Web. However, to assimilate all this information, it is n- essary to structure our knowledge in a useful conceptual framework. The purpose...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Lebon, G. (Συγγραφέας), Jou, D. (Συγγραφέας), Casas-Vázquez, J. (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
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505 0 |a Equilibrium Thermodynamics: A Review -- Classical Irreversible Thermodynamics -- Coupled Transport Phenomena -- Chemical Reactions and Molecular Machines -- Finite-Time Thermodynamics -- Instabilities and Pattern Formation -- Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics -- Theories with Internal Variables -- Rational Thermodynamics -- Hamiltonian Formalisms -- Mesoscopic Thermodynamic Descriptions. 
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