This book provides a comprehensive and self-contained overview of recent progress in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, in particular, the discovery of fluctuation relations and other time-reversal symmetry relations. The significance of these advances is that nonequilibrium statistical physics is no longer restricted to the linear regimes close to equilibrium, but extends to fully nonlinear regimes. These important new results have inspired the development of a unifying framework for describing both the microscopic dynamics of collections of particles, and the macroscopic hydrodynamics and thermodynamics of matter itself. The book discusses the significance of this theoretical framework in relation to a broad range of nonequilibrium processes, from the nanoscale to the macroscale, and is essential reading for researchers and graduate students in statistical physics, theoretical chemistry and biological physics.

A comprehensive overview of recent progress in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, including applications across a range of disciplines.

About the Author
Pierre Gaspard is a Professor in Physics at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems. He is the author of the book, Chaos, Scattering and Statistical Mechanics (Cambridge University Press, 1998), and has published over 200 related papers in the fields of statistical physics, nonlinear physics and chemical physics.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108473729
Author Pierre Gaspard
Format Hardback
Page Count 450
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1350g
Dimensions(mm) 250mm * 175mm * 40mm