Sven E Jorgensen

Thermodynamics and Ecological Modelling

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Thermodynamics and Ecological Modeling provides a book-length study - the first of its kind - of the current thinking on how an ecosystem can be explained and predicted in terms of its thermodynamical behavior. After the introductory chapters on the fundamentals of thermodynamics, the book will then explain how thermodynamic theory can be specifically applied to the "measurement" of an ecosystem, including the assessment of its state of entropy and enthalpy. Additionally, it will show economists how to put these theories to use when trying to quantify the movement of goods and services through another type of complex living system - human society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780367398071
• ISBN-10: 0367398079
• Artikelnr.: 57814590

Autorenporträt

Jorgensen, Sven E.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Exergy in Ecology. The Extended Law of Thermodynamics. Energy
in Ecology. Entropy and Exergy Principles in Living Systems. Application of
Thermodynamic Concepts to Real Ecosystems. Thermodynamics and Ecology, Far
from Thermodynamics Equilibrium. Thermodynamics and Theory of Stability.
Exergy and Emergence of Multi-Dimensional System Orientation. Emergy and
Ecology. Imperfect Symmetry: Action Principles in Ecology and Evolution.
Ecology and the Third Law of Thermodynamics. Ecology and a Tentative Fourth
Law of Thermodynamics. Towards a Thermodynamic Theory of Ecosystems. Index.
Appendices.