TY - CHAP AU - Ulrich Zurcher ED - Mizutani Tadashi Y1 - 2011-01-14 PY - 2011 T1 - Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics for Living Systems: Brownian Particle Description 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 - Thermodynamics SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/13153 DO - 10.5772/13153 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -