{"product_id":"self-organization-autowaves-and-structures-far-from-equilibrium-von-v-i-krinsky-hrsg","title":"Self-Organization","description":"According 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.\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783642702129\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAutowaves and Structures Far from Equilibrium\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783642702129","offer_id":39444732739677,"sku":"9783642702129","price":53.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/729ed2ac-b760-4459-a992-8fcd92510e9c.jpg?v=1773986099","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/self-organization-autowaves-and-structures-far-from-equilibrium-von-v-i-krinsky-hrsg","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}