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Hardcover Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing Book
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ISBN: 0691634432

ISBN13: 9780691634432

Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing

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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...

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