TitleStatistical Theory of Open Systems : Volume 1: A Unified Approach to Kinetic Description of Processes in Active Systems
Author(s)Klimontovich, Yu.L
PublicationDordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1995.
DescriptionXV, 569 p : online resource
Abstract NoteLet us begin by quoting from the Preface to the author's Statistical Physics (Moscow, Nauka 1982; also published in English by Harwood in 1986): '''My God! Yet another book on statistical physics! There's no room on my bookshelves left!' Such emotionsare quite understandable. Beforejumping to conclusions, however, it would be worthwhile to read the Introduction and look through the table of contents. Then the reader will find that this book is totally different from the existing courses, fundamental and concise. ... We do not use the conventional division into statistical theories ofequilibrium and nonequilibrium states. Rather than that, the theory ofnonequilibrium state is the basis and the backbone oftheentirecourse. ... This approach allows us to develop a unified method for statistical description ofa very broadclassofsystems. ... The author certainly does not wish to exaggerate the advantages of the book, considering it asjustthe first attemptto create a textbookofa new kind." The next step in this direction was the author's Turbulent Motion and the Structure of Chaos (Moscow, Nauka 1990; Kluwer Academic Publishers 1991). This book is subtitled A New Approach to the Statistical Theory of Open Systems. Naturally, the "new approach" is not meant to defy the consistent and efficient methods of the conventional statistical theory; itshould be regarded as auseful reinforcementofsuch methods
ISBN,Price9789401101752
Keyword(s)1. COMPLEX SYSTEMS 2. CONDENSED MATTER 3. CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS 4. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. PROBABILITIES 8. Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes 9. STATISTICAL PHYSICS 10. Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems
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