LEADER 05464nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910137998903321 005 20230725045356.0 010 $a3-527-63680-3 010 $a1-283-86973-X 010 $a3-527-63681-1 010 $a3-527-63679-X 035 $a(CKB)3270000000000219 035 $a(EBL)822725 035 $a(OCoLC)797919287 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622304 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440831 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622304 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10638021 035 $a(PQKB)11587318 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC822725 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL822725 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10577547 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL418223 035 $a(EXLCZ)993270000000000219 100 $a20110628d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPhysics of self-organization and evolution$b[electronic resource] /$fRainer Feistel and Werner Ebeling 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aWeinheim $cWiley-VCH$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (535 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-527-40963-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 453-500) and index. 327 $aPhysics of Self-Organization and Evolution; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction to the Field of Self-Organization; 1.1 Basic Concepts; 1.2 History of Evolution as a Short Story; 1.3 Structure, Self-organization, and Complexity; 1.4 Entropy, Equilibrium, and Nonequilibrium; 1.5 Dynamics, Stability, and Instability; 1.6 Self-Organization of Information and Values; 2 Fundamental Laws of Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics; 2.1 The Thermodynamic Way of Describing Nature - Basic Variables; 2.2 Three Fundamental Laws and the Gibbs Relation of Thermodynamics 327 $a2.3 Thermodynamic Potentials, Inequalities, and Variational Principles2.4 Irreversible Processes and Self-Organization; 2.5 Irreversible Radiation Transport; 2.6 Irreversible Processes and Fluctuations; 2.7 Toward a Thermodynamics of Small Systems Far from Equilibrium; 3 Evolution of Earth and the Terrestrial Climate; 3.1 The Photon Mill; 3.2 Black-Body Radiation Model of Earth; 3.3 Local Seasonal Response; 3.4 Atmospheric Cooling Rate; 3.5 Black-Body Model with Atmosphere; 3.6 Humidity and Latent Heat; 3.7 Greenhouse Effect; 3.8 Spatial Structure of the Planet; 3.9 Early Evolution of Earth 327 $a4 Nonlinear Dynamics, Instabilities, and Fluctuations4.1 State Space, Dynamic Systems, and Graphs; 4.2 Deterministic Dynamic Systems; 4.3 Stochastic Models for Continuous Variables and Predictability; 4.4 Graphs - Mathematical Models of Structures and Networks; 4.5 Stochastic Models for Discrete Variables; 4.6 Stochastic Processes on Networks; 5 Self-Reproduction, Multistability, and Information Transfer as Basic Mechanisms of Evolution; 5.1 The Role of Self-Reproduction and Multistability; 5.2 Deterministic Models of Self-Reproduction and Bistability 327 $a5.3 Stochastic Theory of Birth-and-Death Processes5.4 Stochastic Analysis of the Survival of the New; 5.5 Survival of the New in Bistable Systems; 5.6 Multistability, Information Storage, and Information Transfer; 6 Competition and Selection Processes; 6.1 Discussion of Basic Terms; 6.2 Extremum Principles; 6.3 Dynamical Models with Simple Competition; 6.4 Stochastic of Simple Competition Processes; 6.5 Competition in Species Networks; 6.6 Selection and Coexistence; 6.7 Hyperselection; 6.8 Selection in Ecological Systems; 6.9 Selection with Sexual Replication 327 $a6.10 Selection between Microreactors6.11 Selection in Social Systems; 7 Models of Evolution Processes; 7.1 Sequence-Evolution Models; 7.2 Evolution on Fitness Landscapes; 7.3 Evolution on Smooth Fisher-Eigen Landscapes; 7.4 Evolution on Random Fisher-Eigen Landscapes; 7.5 Evolution on Lotka-Volterra Landscapes; 7.6 Axiomatic Evolution Models; 7.7 Boolean Behavior in the Positive Cone; 7.8 Axiomatic Description of a Boolean Reaction System; 7.9 Reducible, Linear, and Ideal Boolean Reaction Systems; 7.10 Minor and Major of a Boolean Reaction System 327 $a7.11 Selection and Evolution in Boolean Reaction Systems 330 $aThis thoroughly updated version of the German authoritative work on self-organization has been completely rewritten by internationally renowned experts and experienced book authors to also include a review of more recent literature. It retains the original enthusiasm and fascination surrounding thermodynamic systems far from equilibrium, synergetics, and the origin of life, representing an easily readable book and tutorial on this exciting field. The book is unique in covering in detail the experimental and theoretical fundamentals of self-organizing systems as well as such selected feat 606 $aEvolution (Biology) 606 $aSelf-organizing systems 606 $aSynergetics 606 $aThermodynamic equilibrium 615 0$aEvolution (Biology) 615 0$aSelf-organizing systems. 615 0$aSynergetics. 615 0$aThermodynamic equilibrium. 676 $a003.7 700 $aFeistel$b Rainer$0948463 701 $aEbeling$b Werner$f1936-$0881898 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910137998903321 996 $aPhysics of self-organization and evolution$92144020 997 $aUNINA