Thermodynamics and Fluctuations far from Equilibrium

Thermodynamics and Fluctuations Far from Equilibrium.- to Part I.- Thermodynamics Far from Equilibrium: Linear and Nonlinear One-Variable Systems.- Thermodynamic State Function for Single and Multivariable Systems.- Continuation of Deterministic Approach for Multivariable Systems.- Thermodynamic and Stochastic Theory of Reaction-Diffusion Systems.- Stability and Relative Stability of Multiple Stationary States Related to Fluctuations.- Experiments on Relative Stability in Kinetic Systems with Multiple Stationary States.- Thermodynamic and Stochastic Theory of Transport Processes.- Thermodynamic and Stochastic Theory for Non-Ideal Systems.- Electrochemical Experiments in Systems Far from Equilibrium.- Theory of Determination of Thermodynamic and Stochastic Potentials from Macroscopic Measurements.- Dissipation and Efficiency in Autonomous and Externally Forced Reactions, Including Several Biochemical Systems.- Dissipation in Irreversible Processes.- Efficiency of Irreversible Processes.- Finite-Time Thermodynamics.- Reduction of Dissipation in Heat Engines by Periodic Changes of External Constraints.- Dissipation and Efficiency in Biochemical Reactions.- Three Applications of Chapter 16.- Stochastic Theory and Fluctuations in Systems Far from Equilibrium, Including Disordered Systems.- Fluctuation-Dissipation Relations.- Fluctuations in Limit Cycle Oscillators.- Disordered Kinetic Systems.