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Proceedings of the 240 Conference : science's great challenges / edited by Aaron R. Dinner

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Series: Advances in chemical physics ; 157Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2015Description: X, 351 S. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781118959596
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 9781118959619 | Online version: Proceedings of the 240 Conference | Erscheint auch als: Proceedings of the 240 Conference. Online-Ausgabe 1st ed. New York : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014. 1 online resource (364 pages) | Online-Ausg.: No title DDC classification:
  • 541/.2 23
  • SCI013050 SCI009000 TEC009010
LOC classification:
  • QD455.5
Contents:
Part I: The emergence and breakdown of complexity. Features of complexity / Ronnie KosloffExploring quantum-classical boundary / Kenji Ohmori
Transition from atoms to clusters to condensed matter / Julius Jellinek
Free energies of staging a scenario and perpetual motion machines of the third kind / Peter Salamon [and five others]
Finite-time thermodynamics tools to analyze dissipative processes / Karl Heinz Hoffmann, Bjarne Andresen and Peter Salamon
New types of complexity in chemical kinetics: intersections, coincidences, and special symmetrical relationships / G.S. Yablonsky, D. Constales, and G.B. Marin
Opportunities in the area of noise in biological reaction networks / Aaron R. Dinner
Thermodynamic approach to chemical networks / G. Nicolis, C. Nicolis
On the emergence of simple structures in complex phenomena: concepts and some numerical examples / Martin Quack
The emergence of simplicity from complexity / John D. Weeks, John C. Tully
Part II: Dynamics at extremes. On the way to a theory of solid state synthesis: issues and open questions / J. Christion Schon
Beyond molecular conduction: optical and thermal effects in molecular junctions / Abraham Nitzan
Thermal conductance at the interface between molecules / David M. Leitner
Laser energy deposition in nanodroplets and nuclear fusion driven by coulomb explosion / Andreas Heidenreich
Understanding ultraintense X-ray interactions with matter / Linda Young
Time-dependent computational methods for matter under extreme conditions / Barry I. Schneider [and four others]
Elementary excitations in ultracold finit sytems / John Weiner
Part III: Grand questions. On biomolecular homochirality as a quasi-fossil of the evolution of life / Martin Quack
Origins of life / Sydney Leach.
Summary: "Based on the '240' Conference held at the University of Chicago in September of 2012, this special volume of The Advances in Chemical Physics series celebrates scientific research contributions and careers of R. Stephen Berry, Stuart A. Rice and Joshua Jortner"--Call number: Grundsignatur: ZA 2564-157.2015PPN: PPN: 79648841X
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