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Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions - Volume 2: Ageing and Dynamical Scaling Far from Equilibrium (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions - Volume 2: Ageing and Dynamical Scaling Far from Equilibrium (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
Series: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
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"The importance of knowledge consists not only in its direct
practical utility but also in the fact the it promotes a widely
contemplative habit of mind; on this ground, utility is to be found
in much of the knowledge that is nowadays labelled 'useless'. "
Bertrand Russel, In Praise of Idleness, London (1935) "Why are
scientists in so many cases so deeply interested in their work ? Is
it merely because it is useful ? It is only necessary to talk to
such scientists to discover that the utilitarian possibilities of
their work are generally of secondary interest to them. Something
else is primary. " David Bohm, On creativity, Abingdon (1996) In
this volume, the dynamical critical behaviour of many-body systems
far from equilibrium is discussed. Therefore, the intrinsic
properties of the - namics itself, rather than those of the
stationary state, are in the focus of 1 interest.
Characteristically, far-from-equilibrium systems often display -
namical scaling, even if the stationary state is very far from
being critical. A 1 As an example of a non-equilibrium phase
transition, with striking practical c- sequences, consider the
allotropic change of metallic ?-tin to brittle ?-tin. At o
equilibrium, the gray ?-Sn becomes more stable than the silvery
?-Sn at 13. 2 C. Kinetically, the transition between these two
solid forms of tin is rather slow at higher temperatures. It starts
from small islands of ?-Sn, the growth of which proceeds through an
auto-catalytic reaction.
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