Evolution from a Thermodynamic Perspective: Implications for Species Conservation and Agricultural Sustainability, Jordan Carl F.
Автор: Cioni Roberto, Marini Luigi Название: A Thermodynamic Approach to Water Geothermometry ISBN: 303054317X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030543174 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 19564.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores water geothermometry, a highly relevant topic in the exploration and exploitation of geothermal energy. The book will appeal to geothermal geoscientists, especially those working in research institutions and companies around the globe.
This book, Perturbation Theories for the Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids and Solids, provides a comprehensive review of current perturbation theories--as well as integral equation theories and density functional theories--for the equilibrium thermodynamic and structural properties of classical systems. Emphasizing practical applications, the text avoids complex theoretical derivations as much as possible. It begins with discussions of the nature of intermolecular forces and simple potential models. The book also presents a summary of statistical mechanics concepts and formulae. In addition, it reviews simulation techniques, providing background for the performance analyses of theories executed throughout the text using simulation data.
Chapters describe integral equation theories, theoretical approaches for hard-sphere fluid or solid systems, and perturbation theories for simple fluids and solids for monocomponent and multicomponent systems. They also cover density functional theories for inhomogeneous systems and perturbative and nonperturbative approaches to describe the structure and thermodynamics of hard-body molecular fluids. The final chapter examines several more challenging systems, such as fluids near the critical point, liquid metals, molten salts, colloids, and aqueous protein solutions. This book offers a thorough account of the available equilibrium theories for the thermodynamic and structural properties of fluids and solids, with special focus on perturbation theories, emphasizing their applications, strengths, and weaknesses. Appropriate for experienced researchers as well as postgraduate students, the text presents a wide-ranging yet detailed view and provides a useful guide to the application of the theories described.
Автор: Jordan Название: Evolution from a Thermodynamic Perspective ISBN: 3030851885 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030851880 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 22359.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Survival of the fittest” is a tautology, because those that are “fit” are the ones that survive, but to survive, a species must be “fit”. Modern evolutionary theory avoids the problem by defining fitness as reproductive success, but the complexity of life that we see today could not have evolved based on selection that favors only reproductive ability. There is nothing inherent in reproductive success alone that could result in higher forms of life. Evolution from a Thermodynamic Perspective presents a non-circular definition of fitness and a thermodynamic definition of evolution. Fitness means maximization of power output, necessary to survive in a competitive world. Evolution is the “storage of entropy”. “Entropy storage” means that solar energy, instead of dissipating as heat in the Earth, is stored in the structure of living organisms and ecosystems. Part one explains this in terms comprehensible to a scientific audience beyond biophysicists and ecosystem modelers. Part two applies thermodynamic theory in non-esoteric language to sustainability of agriculture, and to conservation of endangered species. While natural systems are stabilized by feedback, agricultural systems remain in a mode of perpetual growth, pressured by balance of trade and by a swelling population. The constraints imposed by thermodynamic laws are being increasingly felt as economic expansion destabilizes resource systems on which expansion depends.
Описание: This textbook aims to briefly outline the main directions in which thegeometrization of thermodynamics has been developed in the last decades. The textbook is accessible to people trained in thermal sciences but notnecessarily with solid formation in mathematics.
Описание: This book provides detailed calculated values for the thermal radiative and thermodynamic functions of black-body radiation in finite spectral ranges. A number of the optimization problems is formulated and solved for various thermal black-body radiative and thermodynamic functions in a finite range of frequencies.
Описание: The central result is an ingenious proof that the local temperature and voltage measurement in a nonequilibrium system of fermions exists and is unique, placing the concept of local temperature on a rigorous mathematical footing for the first time.
Автор: Sieniutycz, Stanislaw Название: Thermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems ISBN: 012805462X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780128054628 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 29139.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Thermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems responds to the need for a synthesizing volume that throws light upon the extensive field of thermodynamics from a chemical engineering perspective that applies basic ideas and key results from the field to chemical engineering problems.
This book outlines and interprets the most valuable achievements in applied non-equilibrium thermodynamics obtained within the recent fifty years. It synthesizes nontrivial achievements of thermodynamics in important branches of chemical and biochemical engineering. Readers will gain an update on what has been achieved, what new research problems could be stated, and what kind of further studies should be developed within specialized research.
Автор: Sestak, Jaroslav Название: Thermal Analysis And Thermodynamic Properties Of Solids ISBN: 0323855377 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780323855372 Издательство: Elsevier Science Рейтинг: Цена: 28633.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Thermal Analysis and Thermodynamic Properties of Solids, Second Edition covers foundational principles and recent updates in the field, presenting an authoritative overview of theoretical knowledge and practical applications across several fields. Since the first edition of this book was published, large developments have occurred in the theoretical understanding of--and subsequent ability to assess and apply--principles of thermal analysis. Drawing on the knowledge of its expert author, this second edition provides fascinating insight for both new and experienced students, researchers, and industry professionals whose work is influenced or impacted by thermo analysis principles and tools.
Part 1 provides a detailed introduction and guide to theoretical aspects of thermal analysis and the related impact of thermodynamics. Key terminology and concepts, the fundamentals of thermophysical examinations, thermostatics, equilibrium background, thermotics, reaction kinetics and models, thermokinetics and the exploitation of fractals are all discussed. Part 2 then goes on to discuss practical applications of this theoretical information to topics such as crystallization kinetics and glass states, thermodynamics in superconductor models, and climate change.
Автор: Cioni Roberto, Marini Luigi Название: A Thermodynamic Approach to Water Geothermometry ISBN: 303054320X ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030543204 Издательство: Springer Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores water geothermometry, a highly relevant topic in the exploration and exploitation of geothermal energy. The book will appeal to geothermal geoscientists, especially those working in research institutions and companies around the globe.
Описание: The study of humans is a research area that has been a widely covered topic throughout history. With recent technological and scientific development, researchers can further explore the anthropological aspects of human behavior and focus in on specific methods, such as thermodynamics. This entropic method of human activity is one that is of great scientific interest yet lacks the appropriate amount of research on the subject. Anthropological Applications of Human Thermodynamic Concepts: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the structures and evolution of social and physical systems. While highlighting topics such as urban planning, welfare economics, and neurological methods, this publication explores the development of human activity as well as the methods of philosophical behavior. This book is ideally designed for researchers, anthropologists, philosophers, academicians, and students seeking current research on thermodynamics and the development of human behavior.
Описание: Provides vital research on the structures and evolution of social and physical systems. While highlighting topics such as urban planning, welfare economics, and neurological methods, this publication explores the development of human activity as well as the methods of philosophical behaviour.
Описание: 3D creeping flows and rapid granular avalanches are treated in the context of the shallow flow approximation, and it is demonstrated that uniqueness and stability deliver a natural transition to turbulence modeling at the zero, first order closure level.
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