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Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Production of Entropy

Life, Earth, and Beyond

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-3-642-06135-6
Verlag: Springer
Erscheinungstermin: 22.10.2010
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The present volume studies the application of concepts from non-equilibrium thermodynamics to a variety of research topics. Emphasis is on the Maximum Entropy Production (MEP) principle and applications to Geosphere-Biosphere couplings. Written by leading researchers from a wide range of backgrounds, the book presents a first coherent account of an emerging field at the interface of thermodynamics, geophysics and life sciences.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9783642061356
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-3-642-06135-6
  • Verlag: Springer
  • Erscheinungstermin: 22.10.2010
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Softcover Nachdruck of hardcover 1. Auflage 2005
  • Serie: Understanding Complex Systems
  • Produktform: Kartoniert, Previously published in hardcover
  • Gewicht: 435 g
  • Seiten: 264
  • Format (B x H x T): 155 x 235 x 16 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Autoren/Hrsg.

Herausgeber

Entropy Production by Earth System Processes.- Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics in an Energy-Rich Universe.- Stumbling Into the MEP Racket: An Historical Perspective.- Maximum Entropy Production and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics.- Using Ecology to Quantify Organization in Fluid Flows.- Cosmological and Biological Reproducibility: Limits on the Maximum Entropy Production Principle.- Entropy Production in Turbulent Mixing.- Entropy Production of Atmospheric Heat Transport.- Water Vapor and Entropy Production in the Earth's Atmosphere.- Thermodynamics of the Ocean Circulation: A Global Perspective on the Ocean System and Living Systems.- Entropy and the Shaping of the Landscape by Water.- Entropy Production in the Planetary Context.- The Free-Energy Transduction and Entropy Production in Initial Photosynthetic Reactions.- Biotic Entropy Production and Global Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions.- Coupled Evolution of Earth's Atmosphere and Biosphere.- Temperature, Biogenesis and Biospheric Self-Organization.- Entropy and Gaia: Is there a Link Between MEP and Self-Regulation in the Climate System?- Insights from Thermodynamics for the Analysis of Economic Processes.