Nonlinear Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics II

This two-volume work gives the first detailed coherent treatment of a relatively young branch of statistical physics - nonlinear nonequilibrium and fluctuational­ dissipative thermodynamics. This area of research has taken shape rather recently: its de~elopment began in 1959. The earlier theory - linear nonequilibrium ther­ modynamics - is in principle a simple special case of the new theory. Desp...