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Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
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020	$a978-3-031-12221-7
082	$a536.7
099	$aOnline resource: Springer
100	$aDi Vita, Andrea
245	$aNon-equilibrium Thermodynamics$h[EBook]$cAndrea Di Vita
260	$aCham$bSpringer International Publishing$c2022
300	$bonline resource (xxi, 221 p.)
440	$aLecture notes in physics$v1007
520	$aThe importance of thermodynamics, particularly its Second Principle, to all branches of science in which systems with very large numbers of particles are involved cannot be overstated. This book offers a panoramic view of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Perhaps the two most attractive aspects of thermodynamic equilibrium are its stability and its independence from the specifics of the particular system involved. Does an equivalent exist for non-equilibrium thermodynamics? Many researchers have tried to describe such stability in the same way that the Second Principle describes the stability of thermodynamic equilibrium - and failed. Most of them invoked either entropy, or its production rate, or some modified version of it. In their efforts, however, those researchers have found a lot of useful stability criteria for far-from-equilibrium states. These criteria usually take the form of variational principles, in terms of the minimization or maximization of some quantity. The aim of this book is to discuss these variational principles by highlighting the role of macroscopic quantities. This book is aimed at a wider audience than those most often exposed to the criteria described, i.e., undergraduates in STEM, as well as the usual interested and invested professionals. (provided by publisher)
533	$aDigital reproduction.-$bCham :$cSpringer International Publishing,$d2022. -$nDigital book. Cham Springer Nature 2022. - Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher). Available as searchable text in PDF format
538	$aOnline access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users).
856	$uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12221-7