TY - CHAP AU - George Z. Kyzas AU - Athanasios C. Mitropoulos ED - George Z. Kyzas ED - Athanasios C. Mitropoulos Y1 - 2018-02-14 PY - 2018 T1 - Introductory Chapter: Kinetics from Past to Future N2 - The world is governed by motions. The term kinetics partially originated from the Greek word "kinisis," which means motion. How important is motion in our life is easily understood. But, how the kinetic theories have been developed during years? Which are the new kinetic theories and updates in recent years? This question and many others can be answered with this book. Some important areas discussed in this book are the kinetic theory of gases, kinetic theory of liquids and vapors, thermodynamic aspects, transportation phenomena, adsorption-kinetic theories, linear and nonlinear kinetic equations, quantum kinetic theory, kinetic theory of nucleation, plasma kinetic theory, and relativistic kinetic theory. BT - Kinetic Theory SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.73591 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.73591 SN - 978-953-51-3801-3 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -