Meeting the Entropy Challenge: An International Thermodynamics Symposium in Honor and Memory of Professor Joseph H. Keenan Mit, Cambridge MA, 4-5 October 2007

, by Beretta, Gian Paolo; Ghoniem, Ahmed F.; Hatsopoulos, George N.

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ISBN: 9780735405578 | 0735405573
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Copyright: 9/4/2008

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All papers have been peer-reviewed. World renowned experts gathered in symposium style to explore the role of the second law and entropy in quantum theory, cosmology, biology, nonequilibrium, and energy. Their exciting discussions about recent advances and open fundamental challenges, paint an excellent state of the art of frontier research about thermodynamics in science and engineering.

Organizing Committee and Invited Keynote Speakers	p. ix
Panel Discussion Speakers	p. xi
Symposium Program	p. xiii
Registered Participants	p. xv
Preface	p. xix
Introduction to the Keenan Symposium	p. 1
A Symposium on Thermodynamics; But Why?	p. 4
Professor Keenan's Contribution to Thermodynamics	p. 7
Autobiographical Notes	p. 11
Where Is the Entropy Challenge?	p. 34
The Second Law and Statistical Mechanics	p. 55
The Second Law and Quantum Physics	p. 66
The Second Law and Cosmology	p. 80
The Second Law and Biology	p. 90
Energy and the Second Law	p. 111
Building on the Legacy of Professor Keenan-Entropy: An Intrinsic Property of Matter	p. 124
Panel Discussion on "Foundations of the Second Law"
The Once and Future Second Law of Thermodynamics	p. 143
Maxwell through the Looking Glass: From Szilard to Landauer and Back Again	p. 153
Reversibility Paradox Revisited	p. 158
Emergence of Thermodynamics from Darwinian Dynamics	p. 164
Relaxation in Incompletely Observed Quantum Systems	p. 170
Particles, Scale, Time Construction, and the Second Law of Thermodynamics	p. 174
The Second Law from Locally Maximal Entropy Generation Quantum Dynamics	p. 180
The Second Law and Quantum Evolution: Lessons in Entanglement, Locality and Separability	p. 188
From Producing Entropy to Reducing Gradients to Spreading Energy: Understanding the Essence of the Second Law	p. 194
Discussion on "Foundations of the Second Law"	p. 198
Panel Discussion on "Frontiers of the Second Law"
The Constructal Law of "Designedness" in Nature	p. 207
The Need for Entropy in Finite-Time Thermodynamics and Elsewhere	p. 213
The Second Law for Small Systems	p. 219
Mesoscopic Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Biological Systems	p. 223
Generalized Transport Equations and Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics	p. 229
Contact Geometry of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics	p. 235
Demon and Valve-Information and Thermodynamics	p. 241
Thermodynmaics, Information and Ecosystems	p. 247
Discussion on "Frontiers of the Second Law"	p. 253
Panel Discussion on "Teaching the Second Law"
Teaching the Entropy Concepts of Thermodynamics	p. 265
The Evolving Second Law	p. 271
Entropy, the Second Law and the Concept of 'Bad' Energy!	p. 276
Teaching the Second Law: Statistical Mechanics of Biomolecular Systems	p. 283
Why Philosophical History Is Essential to Teaching the Second Law of Thermodynamics	p. 288
How to Tell the Stable from the Metastable	p. 293
Rigorous Axiomatic Definition of Entropy Valid Also for Non-Equilibrium States	p. 296
The Second Law: A Unified Approach to Thermodynamics Applicable to All Systems and All States	p. 302
Discussion on "Teaching the Second Law"	p. 309
Panel Discussion on "The Second Law and Energy"
Putting the Second Law to Work	p. 319
High-Speed Liquid Projectiles: An Efficient Energy Conversion Tool	p. 322
Rate-Controlled Constrained-Equilibrium Theory of Chemical Reactions	p. 329
The Exergy Fields in Processes	p. 335
Size Matters: Microscale Heat Engines and Thermodynamics	p. 345
Availability and Dissipativity in Networks: Foundations of Process Control	p. 350
Can the Infrared Radiation that Causes the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect Be Put to Better Use?	p. 356
Radiation Entropy and Near-Field Thermophotovoltaics	p. 361
Energy and the Entropy Challenge	p. 365
Discussion on "The Second Law and Energy"	p. 374
Author Index	p. 381
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Meeting the Entropy Challenge: An International Thermodynamics Symposium in Honor and Memory of Professor Joseph H. Keenan Mit, Cambridge MA, 4-5 October 2007

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