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Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing

By Harvey S. Leff (Editor), Andrew F. Rex (Editor)
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By Harvey S. Leff (Editor), Andrew F. Rex (Editor)
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About 120 years ago, James Clerk Maxwell introduced his now legendary hypothetical "demon" as a challenge to the integrity of the second law of thermodynamics. Fascination with the demon persisted throughout the development of statistical and quantum physics, information theory, and computer science--and linkages have been established between Maxwell's demon and each of these disciplines. The demon's seductive quality makes it appealing to physical scientists, engineers, computer scientists...

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