A distinguished chemist and Nobel laureate defines open dissipative structures that encompass human social behavior, chemical reactions, and ecosystems

Order Out of Chaos

Science & Math

PRIGOGINE, ILYA

Physics

Shambhala

Membranes, Dissipative Structures, and Evolution Edited by G. Nicolis &amp; R. Lefever Focuses on the problem of the emergence/maintenance of biological order at successively higher levels of complexity. Covers the spatiotemporal organization of simple biochemical networks; the formation of pluricellular or macromolecular assemblies; the evolution of these structures; and the functions of specific biological structures. Volume 29 in Advances in Chemical Physics Series, I. Prigogine &amp; Stuart A. Rice, Editors. 1975 Theory and Applications of Molecular Paramagnetism Edited by E. A. Boudreaux &amp; L. N. Mulay Comprehensively treats the basic theory of paramagnetic phenomena from both the classical and mechanical vantages. It examines the magnetic behavior of Lanthanide and Actinide elements as well as traditional transition metals. For each class of compounds, appropriate details of descriptive and mathematical theory are given before their applications. 1976 Theory and Aapplications of Molecular Diamagnetism Edited by L. N. Mulay &amp; E. A. Boudreaux An invaluable reference for solving chemical problems in magnetics, magnetochemistry, and related areas where magnetic data are important, such as solid-state physics and optical spectroscopy. 1976

Self-Organization in Nonequilibrium Systems: From Dissipative Structures to Order through Fluctuations

Politics & Social Sciences

Nicolis, Gregoire

Social Sciences

wiley

The study of surfaces has experienced dramatic growth over the pastdecade. Now, the editors of the internationally celebrated seriesAdvances in Chemical Physics have brought together in thisself-contained, special topic volume contributions from leadingresearchers in the field treating some of the most crucial aspectsof the experimental and theoretical study of surfaces. This workdelves into such core issues as:* Kinetics and dynamics of hydrogen adsorption on siliconsurfaces.* Potential energy surfaces of transition- metal-catalyzed chemicalreactions.* High-resolution helium atom scattering as a proof of surfacevibrations.* Ordering and phase transitions in adsorbed monolayers of diatomicmolecules.* The influence of dimensionality on static and dynamic propertiesof a system.* New applications to fields as varied as catalysts and the passageof molecules through membranes.This valuable resource provides important insights into the currentstate of knowledge about surface properties. Prigogine and Rice'slatest work will stimulate the imagination and motivate theexploration of other aspects of this fascinating subject.

Surface Properties (Advances in Chemical Physics Volume XCV)

Chemistry

Wiley-Interscience

In Resonances, Instability, and Irreversibility: The LiouvilleSpace Extension of Quantum Mechanics T. Petrosky and I. Prigogine Unstable Systems in Generalized Quantum Theory E. C. G. Sudarshan, Charles B. Chiu, and G. Bhamathi Resonances and Dilatation Analyticity in Liouville Space Erkki J. Brandas Time, Irreversibility, and Unstable Systems in QuantumPhysics E. Eisenberg and L. P. Horwitz Quantum Systems with Diagonal Singularity I. Antoniou and Z. Suchanecki Nonadiabatic Crossing of Decaying Levels V. V. and Vl. V. Kocharovsky and S. Tasaki Can We Observe Microscopic Chaos in the Laboratory? Pierre Gaspard Proton Nonlocality and Decoherence in Condensed Matter --Predictions and Experimental Results C. A. Chatzidimitriou-Dreismann "We are at a most interesting moment in the history of science.Classical science emphasized equilibrium, stability, and timereversibility. Now we see instabilities, fluctuations, evolution onall levels of observations. This change of perspective requires newtools, new concepts. This volume invites the reader not to anenumeration of final achievements of contemporary science, but toan excursion to science in the making." --from the Foreword by I.Prigogine What are the dynamical roots of irreversibility? How can past andfuture be distinguished on the fundamental level of description?Are human beings the children of time --or its progenitors? Inrecent years, a growing number of chemists and physicists haveagreed that the solution to the problem of irreversibility requiresan extension of classical and quantum mechanics. There is, however,no consensus on which direction this extension should take toinclude the dynamical description of irreversible processes. Resonances, Instability, and Irreversibility surveys recentattempts --both direct and indirect --to address the problem ofirreversibility. Internationally recognized researchers report ontheir recent studies, which run the gamut from experimental tohighly mathematical. The subject matter of these papers falls intothree categories: classical systems with emphasis on chaos anddynamical instability, resonances and unstable quantum systems, andthe general problem of irreversibility. Presenting the cutting edge of research into some of the mostcompelling questions that face contemporary chemical physics,Resonances, Instability, and Irreversibility is fascinating readingfor professionals and students in every area of the discipline.

Resonances, Instability, and Irreversibility, Volume 99 (Advances in Chemical Physics)

This is the only series of volumes available that represents the cutting edge of research relative to advances in chemical physics.  Provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline.  Continues to report recent advances with significant, up-to-date chapters. Contributing authors are internationally recognized researchers.

Advances in Chemical Physics, Vol. 118

Rice, Stuart A.

The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics and physical chemistry fields with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline. Filled with cutting-edge research reported in a cohesive manner not found elsewhere in the literature, each volume of the Advances in Chemical Physics series serves as the perfect supplement to any advanced graduate class devoted to the study of chemical physics.

Advances in Chemical Physics, Vol. 81

Advances in Chemical Physics is the only series of references available that explores the cutting edge of research in chemical physics. This series provides the chemical physics field with a forum for critical, authoritative evaluations of advances in every area of the discipline.

Advances In Chemical Physics Volume 26

Rice, Stuart A. [Editors]

John Wiley

Proceedings of the Conference on Instability and Dissipative Structures in Hydrodynamics (Advances in Chemical Physics)

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

John Wiley&Sons

Ilya Prigogine won the 1977 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics. This groundbreaking 1962 monograph, written for researchers and graduate students in this field, was his first book-length contribution to this subject. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in physics and chemistry, the treatment begins with examinations of the Liouville equation, anharmonic solids, and Brownian motion. Subsequent chapters explore weakly coupled gases, scattering theory and short-range forces, distribution functions and their diagrammatic representation, the time dependence of diagrams, the approach to equilibrium in ionized gases, and statistical hydrodynamics. Additional topics include general kinetic equations, general H-theorem, quantum mechanics, and irreversibility and invariants of motion. Appendices, a bibliography, list of symbols, and an index conclude the text.

Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics (Dover Books on Physics)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Dover Publications

Time, the fundamental dimension of our existence, has fascinated artists, philosophers, and scientists of every culture and every century. All of us can remember a moment as a child when time became a personal reality, when we realized what a "year" was, or asked ourselves when "now" happened. Common sense says time moves forward, never backward, from cradle to grave. Nevertheless, Einstein said that time is an illusion. Nature's laws, as he and Newton defined them, describe a timeless, deterministic universe within which we can make predictions with complete certainty. In effect, these great physicists contended that time is reversible and thus meaningless.

The End of Certainty

Philosophy

Free Press

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