{"product_id":"9783642702129","title":"Springer Series in Synergetics: Autowaves and Structures Far from Equilibrium","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpringer Series in Synergetics: Autowaves and Structures Far from Equilibrium\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eKrinsky, V.I.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccording to its definition, Synergetics is concerned with systems that produce macroscopic spatial, temporal, or functional structures. Autowaves are·a specific, yet very important, case of spatio-temporal structures. The term \"autowave\" was coined in the Soviet Union in analogy to the term \"auto-oscillator\". This is - perhaps too literal - translation of the Russian word \"avto-ostsillyatory\" (= self­ oscillator) which in its proper translation means \"self-sustained oscillator\". These are oscillators, e. g. , clocks, whose internal energy dissipation is compensa­ ted by a (more or less) continuous power input. Simi larly, the term \"autowaves\" de­ notes propagation effects - including waves - in active media, which provide spa­ tially distributed energy sources and thus may compensate dissipation. An example which is now famous is represented by spiral or concentric waves in a chemically active medium, undergoing the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. This book provides the reader with numerous further examples from physics, chem­ istry, and biology - e. g. , autowaves of the heart. While the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction is now widely known, a number of very important results obtained in the Soviet Union are perhaps less well known. I am particularly glad that this book may help to make readers outside the Soviet Union acquainted with these important exper­ imental and theoretical findings which are presented in a way which elucidates the common principles underlying this kind of propagation effects. Professor V.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2011-12-13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783642702129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-642-70210-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 244cm x170cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 266\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Berlin Heidelberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44422452183180,"sku":"9783642702129","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783642702129.jpg?v=1774495735","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783642702129","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}