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"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"--
List of contents
Part I The Emergence and Breakdown of Complexity
Features of Complexity 3
by Ronnie Kosloff Exploring Quantum-Classical Boundary 19
by Kenji Ohmori Transition from Atoms to Clusters to Condensed Matter 25
by Julius Jellinek Free Energies of Staging a Scenario and Perpetual Motion Machines of the Third Kind 43
by Peter Salamon, Bjarne Andresen, Karl Heinz Hoffmann, James D. Nulton, Anca M. Segall, and Forest L. Rohwer Finite-Time Thermodynamics Tools to Analyze Dissipative Processes 57
by Karl Heinz Hoffmann, Bjarne Andresen, and Peter Salamon New Types of Complexity in Chemical Kinetics: Intersections, Coincidences, and Special Symmetrical Relationships 69
by G. S. Yablonsky, D. Constales, and G. B. Marin Opportunities in the Area of Noise in Biological Reaction Networks 75
by Aaron R. Dinner Thermodynamic Approach to Chemical Networks 85
by G. Nicolis and C. Nicolis On the Emergence of Simple Structures in Complex Phenomena: Concepts and Some Numerical Examples 97
by Martin Quack The Emergence of Simplicity from Complexity 119
by John D. Weeks and John C. Tully Part II Dynamics at Extremes On the Way to a Theory of Solid State Synthesis: Issues and Open Questions 125
by J. Christian Schön Beyond Molecular Conduction: Optical and Thermal Effects in Molecular Junctions 135
by Abraham Nitzan Thermal Conductance at the Interface Between Molecules 159
by David M. Leitner Laser Energy Deposition in Nanodroplets and Nuclear Fusion Driven by Coulomb Explosion 165
by Andreas Heidenreich Understanding Ultraintense x-ray Interactions with Matter 183
by Linda Young Time-Dependent Computational Methods for Matter Under Extreme Conditions 195
by Barry I. Schneider, Klaus R. Bartschat, Xiaoxu Guan, David Feder, and Lee A. Collins Elementary Excitations in Ultracold Finite Systems 215
by John Weiner Part III Grand Questions On Biomolecular Homochirality as a Quasi-Fossil of the Evolution of Life 249
by Martin Quack Origins of Life 293
by Sydney Leach Author Index 315
Subject Index 343
About the author
AARON R. DINNER received his bachelor's degree and doctorate from Harvard University, after which he conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Oxford and the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the faculty at The University of Chicago in 2003.
STUART A. RICE received his master's degree and doctorate from Harvard University and was a junior fellow at Harvard for two years before joining the faculty of The University of Chicago in 1957, where he is currently the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus.
