Title Self-Organization : Autowaves and Structures Far from Equilibrium Author(s) Krinsky, V.I Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1984. Description XII, 266 p : online resource Abstract Note According to its definition, Synergetics is concerned with systems that produce macroscopic spatial, temporal, or functional structures. Autowaves are??a specific, yet very important, case of spatio-temporal structures. The term "autowave" was coined in the Soviet Union in analogy to the term "auto-oscillator". This is - perhaps too literal - translation of the Russian word "avto-ostsillyatory" (= self?? oscillator) which in its proper translation means "self-sustained oscillator". These are oscillators, e. g. , clocks, whose internal energy dissipation is compensa?? ted by a (more or less) continuous power input. Simi larly, the term "autowaves" de?? notes propagation effects - including waves - in active media, which provide spa?? tially distributed energy sources and thus may compensate dissipation. An example which is now famous is represented by spiral or concentric waves in a chemically active medium, undergoing the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. This book provides the reader with numerous further examples from physics, chem?? istry, and biology - e. g. , autowaves of the heart. While the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction is now widely known, a number of very important results obtained in the Soviet Union are perhaps less well known. I am particularly glad that this book may help to make readers outside the Soviet Union acquainted with these important exper?? imental and theoretical findings which are presented in a way which elucidates the common principles underlying this kind of propagation effects. Professor V ISBN,Price 9783642702105 Keyword(s) 1. BIOCHEMISTRY 2. Biochemistry, general 3. Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics 4. BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS 5. BIOPHYSICS 6. EBOOK 7. EBOOK - SPRINGER 8. MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 9. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 10. Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I01384     On Shelf