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UNINA9910144261503321 |
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Titolo |
For Ilya Prigogine [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stuart A. Rice |
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1-282-34692-X |
9786612346927 |
0-470-14257-X |
0-470-14302-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (488 p.) |
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Collana |
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Advances in chemical physics ; ; v. 38 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PrigogineI (Ilya) |
RiceStuart Alan <1932-> |
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Chemistry, Physical and theoretical |
Chemists - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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For Ilya Prigogine; CONTENTS; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL SYSTEM THEORY: A UNIFYING FRAMEWORK FOR OBSERVATIONS AND STOCHd4STIC PROCESSES IN QUANTUM MECHANICS; IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS FOR QUANTUM SYSTEMS WEAKLY COUPLED TO THERMAL RESERVOIRS; SOLVABLE MODELS FOR UNSTABLE STATES IN QUANTUM PHYSICS; ASPECTS OF KINETIC THEORY; KINETIC THEORY OF PLASMAS; HOW DOES INFORMATION ORIGINATE? PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGICAL SELF-ORGANIZATION; PATTERN FORMATION IN REACTING AND DIFFUSING SYSTEMS; INSTABILITY AND FAR-FROM-EQUILIBRIUM STATES OF CHEMICALLY REACTING SYSTEMS |
TEMPORAL, SPATIAL, AND FUNCTIONAL ORDER IN REGULATED BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR SYSTEMSELECTRIC FIELDS AND SELF-COHERENT PATTERNS AND STRUCTURES IN CHEMICAL SYSTEMS:LARGE-SCALE EFFECTS AND BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX |
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The Advances in Chemical Physics series provides the chemical physics and physical chemistry fields with a forum for critical, authoritative |
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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. |
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UNINA9910779460403321 |
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Autore |
Kaika Maria |
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City of flows : modernity, nature, and the city / / Maria Kaika |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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1-136-79765-3 |
0-429-23891-6 |
0-203-82692-2 |
1-283-88360-0 |
1-136-79766-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (212 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Urbanization |
Nature and civilization |
Municipal water supply |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references p. (175-194) and index. |
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Preface : visions of modernisation -- The urbanisation of nature -- The phantasmagoria of the modernist dream -- Nature as the urban uncanny -- Awesome nature : modernizing as an archaeological project -- Tamed nature : late 19th and early 20th century -- Late 20th century : tamed nature as a source of crisis -- Epilogue. |
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Typically, cities and nature are perceived as geographic opposites, cities being manufactured social creations, and nature being outside of human construction. Through a historical geography of water in the modern city, Kaika shows that this is not the case. Rather, nature and the modern city are fully intertwined, with cities integrating nature at every level of activity. While her empirical focus is on Athens, she |
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discusses other major cities in the West, including London and New York. |
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