Proceedings of the 240 Conference
Subtitle: science's great challenges
By: edited by Aaron R. Dinner
Contributors: Dinner, Aaron R. (Aaron Reuven), editor; Berry, R. Stephen, 1931- honouree; Rice, Stuart Alan, 1932- honouree; Jortner, Joshua, honouree
Series: Advances in chemical physics -- volume 157
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Hoboken, New Jersey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781118959596
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Physical and theoretical Chemistry; Congresses; Research; SCIENCE / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Chemical & Biochemical
Description: "Based on the '240' Conference held at the University of Chicago in September of 2012, this special volume of The Advances in Chemical Physics series celebrates scientific research contributions and careers of R. Stephen Berry, Stuart A. Rice and Joshua Jortner"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: The emergence and breakdown of complexity. Features of complexity / Ronnie Kosloff; title: Exploring quantum-classical boundary / Kenji Ohmori; title: Transition from atoms to clusters to condensed matter / Julius Jellinek; title: Free energies of staging a scenario and perpetual motion machines of the third kind / Peter Salamon [and five others]; title: Finite-time thermodynamics tools to analyze dissipative processes / Karl Heinz Hoffmann, Bjarne Andresen and Peter Salamon; title: New types of complexity in chemical kinetics: intersections, coincidences, and special symmetrical relationships / G.S. Yablonsky, D. Constales, and G.B. Marin; title: Opportunities in the area of noise in biological reaction networks / Aaron R. Dinner; title: Thermodynamic approach to chemical networks / G. Nicolis, C. Nicolis; title: On the emergence of simple structures in complex phenomena: concepts and some numerical examples / Martin Quack; title: The emergence of simplicity from complexity / John D. Weeks, John C. Tully; title: Part II: Dynamics at extremes. On the way to a theory of solid state synthesis: issues and open questions / J. Christion Schon; title: Beyond molecular conduction: optical and thermal effects in molecular junctions / Abraham Nitzan; title: Thermal conductance at the interface between molecules / David M. Leitner; title: Laser energy deposition in nanodroplets and nuclear fusion driven by coulomb explosion / Andreas Heidenreich; title: Understanding ultraintense X-ray interactions with matter / Linda Young; title: Time-dependent computational methods for matter under extreme conditions / Barry I. Schneider [and four others]; title: Elementary excitations in ultracold finit sytems / John Weiner; title: Part III: Grand questions. On biomolecular homochirality as a quasi-fossil of the evolution of life / Martin Quack; title: Origins of life / Sydney Leach.