Instabilities, Bifurcations, and Fluctuations in Chemical Systems

by William C. Schieve and L.E. Reichl

Twentieth-century research in the field of chemical pattern formation saw extraordinary progress due to the pathbreaking contributions of Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine and his co-workers. Evidence exists that the dissipative structures studied by Prigogine and his colleagues may play a dominant role in the processes of self-organization of biological systems, the fundamental phenomena that govern all life forms.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029274157X
• ISBN13: 9780292741577
• Release Date: September 1982
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"