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Maxwell's demon 2 : entropy, classical and quantum information, computing / edited by Harvey S. Leff and Andrew F. Rex.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- CRC Press, author, issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831-1879.
- Maxwell, James Clerk.
- Thermodynamics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (501 p.)
- Edition:
- [2nd ed.].
- Other Title:
- Maxwell's demon two
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; Philadelphia : Institute of Physics Pub., c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This second edition brings under one cover 32 reprints, more than half of which are new. A revised overview outlines the flurry of scholarly activity about Maxwell's demon since publication of the first edition.
- Contents:
- 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; Index
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1990.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-476) and index.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786610650705
- 9781040069998
- 1040069991
- 9780429144004
- 0429144008
- 9781138429826
- 1138429821
- 9781280650703
- 1280650702
- 9781420033991
- 1420033999
- OCLC:
- 171128385
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