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One common feature of new emerging technologies is the fusion of the very small (nano) scale and the large scale engineering. The classical environment provided by single scale theories, as for instance by the classical hydrodynamics, is not anymore satisfactory. The main challenge is to keep the important details while still be able to keep the overall picture and simplicity. It is the thermodynamics that addresses this challenge. Our main reason for writing this book is to explain such general viewpoint of thermodynamics and to illustrate it on a very wide range of examples. 　 Contents Levels of description Hamiltonian mechanics Irreversible evolution Reversible and irreversible evolution Multicomponent systems Contact geometry Appendix: Mathematical aspects

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The book presents an advanced course on thermodynamics. Each chapter is provided with applied examples for illustration; however, its presentation is not straight forward. The book may find places in university libraries as well as in research establishments. K. N. Shukla in: zbMATH (2029) 1419.8000

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Václav Klika, Czech Tech. Univ., Czech Rep.; Michal Pavelka, Charles Univ., Czech Rep.; Miroslav Grmela, Polytech. de Montréal, Canada.

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