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Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and the Production of Entropy

Life, Earth, and Beyond

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Axel Kleidon
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  2. Ralph D. Lorenz
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Part of the book series: Understanding Complex Systems (UCS)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. 1 Entropy Production by Earth System Processes

    • Axel Kleidon, Ralph Lorenz
    Pages 1-20

  3. 2 Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics in an Energy-Rich Universe

    • Eric J. Chaisson
    Pages 21-31

  4. 3 Stumbling into the MEP Racket: An Historical Perspective

    • Garth W. Paltridge
    Pages 33-40

  5. 4 Maximum Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

    • Roderick C. Dewar
    Pages 41-55

  6. 5 Using Ecology to Quantify Organization in Fluid Flows

    • Robert E. Ulanowicz, Michael J. Zickel
    Pages 57-66

  7. 6 Cosmological and Biological Reproducibility: Limits on the Maximum Entropy Production Principle

    • Charles H. Lineweaver
    Pages 67-77

  8. 7 Entropy Production in Turbulent Mixing

    • Joël Sommeria
    Pages 79-91

  9. 8 Entropy Production of Atmospheric Heat Transport

    • Takamitsu Ito, Axel Kleidon
    Pages 93-106

  10. 9 Water Vapor and Entropy Production in the Earth’s Atmosphere

    • Olivier M. Pauluis
    Pages 107-119

  11. 10 Thermodynamics of the Ocean Circulation: A Global Perspective on the Ocean System and Living Systems

    • Shinya Shimokawa, Hisashi Ozawa
    Pages 121-134

  12. 11 Entropy and the Shaping of the Landscape by Water

    • Hideaki Miyamoto, Victor R. Baker, Ralph D. Lorenz
    Pages 135-146

  13. 12 Entropy Production in the Planetary Context

    • Ralph D. Lorenz
    Pages 147-159

  14. 13 The Free-Energy Transduction and Entropy Production in Initial Photosynthetic Reaction

    • Davor Juretić, PaÅ¡ko Županović
    Pages 161-171

  15. 14 Biotic Entropy Production and Global Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions

    • Axel Kleidon, Klaus Fraedrich
    Pages 173-189

  16. 15 Coupled Evolution of Earth’s Atmosphere and Biosphere

    • David C. Catling
    Pages 191-206

  17. 16 Temperature, Biogenesis, and Biospheric Self-Organization

    • David Schwartzman, Charles H. Lineweaver
    Pages 207-221

  18. 17 Entropy and Gaia: Is There a Link Between MEP and Self-Regulation in the Climate System?

    • Thomas Toniazzo, Timothy M. Lenton, Peter M. Cox, Jonathan Gregory
    Pages 223-241

  19. 18 Insights from Thermodynamics for the Analysis of Economic Processes

    • Matthias Ruth
    Pages 243-254

  20. Back Matter

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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.

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