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Beyond the Second Law

Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Systems

Editors:

  1. Roderick C. Dewar

    1. Australian National University, Research School of Biology, Canberra, Australia

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  2. Charles H. Lineweaver

    1. Australian National University, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, Australia

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  3. Robert K. Niven

    1. School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales at ADFA, Canberra, Australia

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  4. Klaus Regenauer-Lieb

    1. School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Crawley, Australia

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  • An up-to-date, coherent and balanced account of the study of entropy production in non-equilibrium systems
  • With particular emphasis on the theoretical basis of MaxEP, its relation to other non-equilibrium principles such as Minimum Entropy Production and the Fluctuation Theorem, and its many applications to diverse fields that include cosmology, Earth system science, climatology, fluid mechanics, biological function and evolution
  • Written by world-leading experts from diverse disciplines
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Understanding Complex Systems (UCS)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
      PDF

    2. Beyond the Second Law: An Overview

      • Roderick C. Dewar, Charles H. Lineweaver, Robert K. Niven, Klaus Regenauer-Lieb
      Pages 3-27

  3. Theoretical Perspectives on Entropy Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    3. A Theoretical Basis for Maximum Entropy Production

      • Roderick C. Dewar, Amos Maritan
      Pages 49-71

    6. The Time Evolution of Entropy Production in Nonlinear Dynamic Systems

      • Hisashi Ozawa, Shinya Shimokawa
      Pages 113-128

  4. Applications to non-equilibrium systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    4. Entropy Production in Planetary Atmospheres and Its Applications

      • Yosuke Fukumura, Hisashi Ozawa
      Pages 225-239

    9. MaxEnt and MaxEP in Modeling Fractal Topography and Atmospheric Turbulence

      • Jingfeng Wang, Veronica Nieves, Rafael L. Bras
      Pages 309-322
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About this book

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, presents recent advances in the search for new non-equilibrium principles beyond the Second Law, and their applications to a wide range of systems across physics, chemistry and biology. Beyond The Second Law brings together traditionally isolated areas of non-equilibrium research and highlights potentially fruitful connections between them, with entropy production playing the unifying role. Key theoretical concepts include the Maximum Entropy Production principle, the Fluctuation Theorem, and the Maximum Entropy method of statistical inference. Applications of these principles are illustrated in such diverse fields as climatology, cosmology, crystal growth morphology, Earth system science, environmental physics, evolutionary biology and technology, fluid turbulence, microbial biogeochemistry, plasma physics, and radiative transport, using a wide variety of analytical and experimental techniques. Beyond The Second Law will appeal to students and researchers wishing to gain an understanding of entropy production and its central place in the science of non-equilibrium systems – both in detail and in terms of the bigger picture.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Australian National University, Research School of Biology, Canberra, Australia

    Roderick C. Dewar

  • Australian National University, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics and the Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, Australia

    Charles H. Lineweaver

  • School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales at ADFA, Canberra, Australia

    Robert K. Niven

  • School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering, Crawley, Australia

    Klaus Regenauer-Lieb

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Beyond the Second Law

  • Book Subtitle: Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Systems

  • Editors: Roderick C. Dewar, Charles H. Lineweaver, Robert K. Niven, Klaus Regenauer-Lieb

  • Series Title: Understanding Complex Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40154-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-40153-4Published: 16 December 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52108-3Published: 27 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-40154-1Published: 02 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1860-0832

  • Series E-ISSN: 1860-0840

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 434

  • Number of Illustrations: 80 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Complexity, Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory

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