| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 260 pages) : illustrations |
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Understanding complex systems |
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Springer complexity |
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Understanding complex systems.
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Springer complexity.
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| Contents |
Entropy production by Earth system processes / Axel Kleidon, Ralph Lorenz -- Non-equilibrium thermodynamics in an energy-rich universe / Eric J. Chaisson -- Stumbling into the MEP racket : an historical perspective / Garth W. Paltridge -- Maximum entropy production and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics / Roderick C. Dewar -- Using ecology to quantify organization in fluid flows / Robert E. Ulanowicz, Michael J. Zickel -- Cosmological and biological reproducibility : limits on the maximum entropy production principle / Charles H. Lineweaver -- Entropy production in turbulent mixing / Joël Sommeria -- Entropy production of atmospheric heat transport / Takamitsu Ito, Axel Kleidon -- Water vapor and entropy production in the Earth's atmosphere / Olivier M. Pauluis -- Thermodynamics of the ocean circulation : a global perspective on the ocean system and living systems / Shinya Shimokawa, Hisashi Ozawa -- Entropy and the shaping of the landscape by water / Hideaki Miyamoto, Victor R. Baker, Ralph D. Lorenz -- Entropy production in the planetary context / Ralph D. Lorenz -- The free-energy transduction and entropy production in initial photosynthetic reactions / Davor Juretić, Paško Županović -- Biotic entropy production and global atmosphere-biosphere interactions / Axel Kleidon, Klaus Fraedrich -- Coupled evolution of Earth's atmosphere and biosphere / David C. Catling -- Temperature, biogenesis, and biospheric self-organization / David Schwartzman, Charles H. Lineweaver -- Entropy and Gaia : is there a link between MEP and self-regulation in the climate system? : Thomas Toniazzo [and others] -- Insights from thermodynamics for the analysis of economic processes / Matthias Ruth |
| Summary |
"This book provides a general introduction to non-equilibrium thermodynamics as it applies to life, the Earth system, planetary processes, and Astrobiology. Specifically, the principles of Minimum and Maximum Entropy Production are explained as well as associated concepts of macroscopic reproducibility - the key concept behind thermodynamics - and self-organized criticality. The relevance of these principles in understanding emergent behavior in complex dissipative systems is demonstrated by a range of examples, such as turbulence and heat transport in climate systems, the evolution of landscapes, atmosphere-biosphere interactions, and the Gaia hypothesis."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Nonequilibrium thermodynamics.
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Entropy.
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entropy.
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Entropy
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Nonequilibrium thermodynamics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kleidon, A. (Axel)
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Lorenz, Ralph, 1969-
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| ISBN |
9783540323594 |
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3540323597 |
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1281391964 |
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9781281391964 |
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9786611391966 |
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6611391967 |
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