Comment aller à l'essentiel, comprendre les méthodes et les raisonnements avant de les mettre en application ? Conçus pour faciliter aussi bien l'apprentissage que la révision, les Mini Manuels proposent un cours concis et richement illustré pour vous accompagner jusqu'à l'examen. Des exemples, des mises en garde, des méthodes et des exercices corrigés complètent le cours. Les auteurs pour faciliter ce premier contact avec la thermodynamique s'appuient sur des phénomènes concrets et familiers. Ce Mini Manuel rassemble les connaissances essentielles à tout étudiant en L1 /L2 (Sciences de la Vie, Sciences de la Matière ou Santé) qui veut comprendre et maîtriser les concepts fondamentaux de la thermodynamique.

Les ouvrages de la collection « Mini Manuels » abordent sous une forme concise et attractive (2 couleurs + nombreuses figures) les notions essentielles d'une discipline. Le cours est illustré par des encarts faisant le lien avec des applications concrètes. Des exercices corrigés en fin de chapitre permettent à l'étudiant de tester ses connaissances et de se préparer aux partiels et aux examens. Cet ouvrage présente l'ensemble des notions de base de la thermodynamique abordées en L1/L2.

This book represents the first multidisciplinary scientific work on a deep volcanic maar lake in comparison with other similar temperate lakes. The syntheses of the main characteristics of Lake Pavin are, for the first time, set in a firmer footing comparative approach, encompassing regional, national, European and international aquatic science contexts. It is a unique lake because of its permanently anoxic monimolimnion, and furthermore, because of its small surface area, its substantially low human influence, and by the fact that it does not have a river inflow. The book reflects the scientific research done on the general limnology, history, origin, volcanology and geological environment as well as on the geochemistry and biogeochemical cycles. Other chapters focus on the biology and microbial ecology whereas the sedimentology and paleolimnology are also given attention. This volume will be of special interest to researchers and advanced students, primarily in the fields of limnology, biogeochemistry, and aquatic ecology.

Over this last decade, the concept of Social Metabolism has gained prestige as a theoretical instrument for the required analysis, to such an extent that there are now dozens of researchers, hundreds of articles and several books that have adopted and use this concept. However, there is a great deal of variety in terms of definitions and interpretations, as well as different methodologies around this concept, which prevents the consolidation of a unified field of new knowledge. The fundamental aim of the book is to conduct a review of the past and present usage of the concept of social metabolism, its origins and history, as well as the main currents or schools that exist around this concept. At the same time, the reviews and discussions included are used by the authors as starting points to draw conclusions and propose a theory of socio-ecological transformations. The theoretical and methodological innovations of this book include a distinction of two types of metabolic processes: tangible and intangible; the analysis of the social metabolism at different scales (in space and time) and a theory of socio-ecological change overcoming the merely “systemic” or “cybernetic” nature of conventional approaches, giving special protagonism to collective action.