TY - BOOK AU - Kondepudi, Dilip AU - Prigogine, Ilya TI - Modern thermodynamics: : From heat engines to dissipative structures SN - 9781118371817 PY - 2015/// CY - West Sessex PB - John Wiley, KW - Dissipative structures KW - Self-organization KW - Phase change N1 - Author index 511-512p.; Subject index 513-523p N2 - Modern Thermodynamics: From Heat Engines to Dissipative Structures, Second Edition presents a comprehensive introduction to 20th century thermodynamics that can be applied to both equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems, unifying what was traditionally divided into ‘thermodynamics’ and ‘kinetics’ into one theory of irreversible processes. This comprehensive text, suitable for introductory as well as advanced courses on thermodynamics, has been widely used by chemists, physicists, engineers and geologists. ER -