The tendency of the entropy to a maximum as an isolated system is relaxed to the
equilibrium (the second law of thermodynamics) has been known since the mid-19th …

Persistent misconceptions existing for dozens of years and influencing progress in various
fields of science are sometimes encountered in the scientific and especially, the popular …

Recently the author used an information theoretical formulation of non-equilibrium statistical
mechanics (MaxEnt) to derive the fluctuation theorem (FT) concerning the probability of …

The science base that underlies modelling and analysis of machine reliability has remained
substantially unchanged for decades. Therefore, it is not surprising that a significant gap …

The Earth system is maintained in a unique state far from thermodynamic equilibrium, as, for
instance, reflected in the high concentration of reactive oxygen in the atmosphere. The …

A theory to predict the steady-state position of a dissipative flow-controlled system, as
defined by a control volume, is developed based on the maximum entropy principle of …

Universal patterns such as power-law dependences, skewed distributions, tree-like
structures, networks and spirals are associated with energy dispersal processes using the …

Entropy generation is analysed and obtained from the entropy balance for open systems,
considering the lifetime of the natural real process. The Lagrangian approach is discussed …

A new definition of life is proposed and discussed in the present article. It is formulated by
modifying and extending NASA's working definition of life, which postulates that life is a “self …

A set of disordered interacting building blocks may form ordered structures by means of a
self-assembling process. An external intervention in the system by adding a chemical …