TY - CHAP AU - Joseph Molnar AU - Zoltan G. Varga AU - Elysia Thornton-Benko AU - Barry S. Thornton ED - Mizutani Tadashi Y1 - 2011-01-14 PY - 2011 T1 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Host-Tumor Relationships: Concepts and Opportunities N2 - Progress of thermodynamics has been stimulated by the findings of a variety of fields of science and technology. The principles of thermodynamics are so general that the application is widespread to such fields as solid state physics, chemistry, biology, astronomical science, materials science, and chemical engineering. The contents of this book should be of help to many scientists and engineers. BT - Application of Thermodynamics to Biological and Materials Science SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/12973 DO - 10.5772/12973 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -