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Modern thermodynamics: from heat engines to dissipative structures

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I Historical Roots: From Heat Engines to Cosmology 1 Basic Concepts and the Law of Gases 2 The First Law of Thermodynamics 3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time 4 Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions II Equilibrium Thermodynamics 5 Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamics Relations 6 Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids 7 Thermodynamics of Phase Change 8 Thermodynamics of Solutions 9 Thermodynamics of Chemical Transformations 10 Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom 11 Thermodynamics of Radiation III Fluctuations and Stability 12 The Gibbs Stability Theory 13 Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity 14 Entropy Productions, Fluctuations and Small Systems IV Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics 15 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations 16 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime 17 Nonequilibrium Stationary State and Their Stability: Linear Regime V Order Through Fluctuations 18 Nonlinear Thermodynamics 19 Dissipative Structures 20 Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics 21 Self-Organization and Dissipative Structures in Nature

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I Historical Roots: From Heat Engines to Cosmology 1 Basic Concepts and the Law of Gases 2 The First Law of Thermodynamics 3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time 4 Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions II Equilibrium Thermodynamics 5 Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamics Relations 6 Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids 7 Thermodynamics of Phase Change 8 Thermodynamics of Solutions 9 Thermodynamics of Chemical Transformations 10 Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom 11 Thermodynamics of Radiation III Fluctuations and Stability 12 The Gibbs Stability Theory 13 Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity 14 Entropy Productions, Fluctuations and Small Systems IV Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics 15 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations 16 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime 17 Nonequilibrium Stationary State and Their Stability: Linear Regime V Order Through Fluctuations 18 Nonlinear Thermodynamics 19 Dissipative Structures 20 Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics 21 Self-Organization and Dissipative Structures in Nature

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I Historical Roots: From Heat Engines to Cosmology 1 Basic Concepts and the Law of Gases 2 The First Law of Thermodynamics 3 The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Arrow of Time 4 Entropy in the Realm of Chemical Reactions II Equilibrium Thermodynamics 5 Extremum Principles and General Thermodynamics Relations 6 Basic Thermodynamics of Gases, Liquids and Solids 7 Thermodynamics of Phase Change 8 Thermodynamics of Solutions 9 Thermodynamics of Chemical Transformations 10 Fields and Internal Degrees of Freedom 11 Thermodynamics of Radiation III Fluctuations and Stability 12 The Gibbs Stability Theory 13 Critical Phenomena and Configurational Heat Capacity 14 Entropy Productions, Fluctuations and Small Systems IV Linear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics 15 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Foundations 16 Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: The Linear Regime 17 Nonequilibrium Stationary State and Their Stability: Linear Regime V Order Through Fluctuations 18 Nonlinear Thermodynamics 19 Dissipative Structures 20 Elements of Statistical Thermodynamics 21 Self-Organization and Dissipative Structures in Nature

Key concepts: Dissipative system, Thermodynamics, Second law of thermodynamics, Heat engine, Physics

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