Table of Contents

Aspects of non-equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics: An introduction.- Transformation theory and physical particle description of dissipative systems.- Kinetic theory of gases in general relativity theory.- Computer experiments on self-gravitating systems.- Propagation of waves in discrete media. harmonic, anharmonic, and defective.- Shastic behavior in nonlinear oscillator systems.- Nonequilibrium thermodynamics, dissipative structures, and biological order.