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 -- Stochastic behavior in nonlinear oscillator systems -- Nonequilibrium thermodynamics, dissipative structures, and biological order.