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Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing
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Full Title:
Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing
Contributors:
By (Author) Harvey S. Leff
Edited by Andrew F. Rex
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
536.71
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
362
Dimensions:
Width 216mm, Height 279mm
Weight:
822g
Description
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 Maxwe
