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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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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
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Acknowledgments and Copyright Information
- 1: Overview
- 2: Early History and Philosophical Considerations
- 3: Smoluchowski Trap Doors and Information Acquisition
- 4: Information Erasure: Landauer’s Principle
- 5: Quantum Nuances
- 6: Algorithmic Information
- 7: Computation: Thermodynamics and Limits
- Chronological Bibliography with Annotations and Selected Quotations
- Alphabetical Bibliography