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Maxwell's Demon 2 Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing

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Maxwell's Demon 2 Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing

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Maxwell's Demon 2 Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing

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Maxwell's Demon 2 Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing book

Edited ByHarvey Leff, Andrew F. Rex
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2002
eBook Published 13 December 2002
Pub. Location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420033991
Pages 502
eBook ISBN 9780429144004
Subjects Computer Science, Physical Sciences
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Leff, H., & Rex, A.F. (Eds.). (2002). Maxwell's Demon 2 Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420033991

ABSTRACT

Over 130 years ago, James Clerk Maxwell introduced his hypothetical "demon" as a challenge to the scope 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 links have been established between Maxwell's demon and each of

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|39 pages

Overview

chapter 2|53 pages

Early History and Philosophical Considerations

chapter 3|54 pages

Smoluchowski Trap Doors and Information Acquisition

chapter 4|31 pages

Information Erasure: Landauer’s Principle

chapter 5|59 pages

Quantum Nuances

chapter 6|45 pages

Algorithmic Information

chapter 7|88 pages

Computation: Thermodynamics and Limits

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