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Landsberg, P.T. (1986). An introduction to nonequilibrium problems involving electromagnetic radiation. In: Casas-Vázquez, J., Jou, D., Rubí, JM. (eds) Recent Developments in Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: Fluids and Related Topics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 253. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-16489-8_37

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