Beyond the Second Law Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Systems /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dewar, Roderick C. (Editor), Lineweaver, Charles H. (Editor), Niven, Robert K. (Editor), Regenauer-Lieb, Klaus (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Understanding Complex Systems,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Statistical physics.; Complexity, Computational.; Complexity.; Nonlinear Dynamics.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Theoretical perspectives on entropy production
• Applications to non-equilibrium systems.