Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing

by Andrew Rex and Harvey Leff

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069108727X
• ISBN13: 9780691087276
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 349 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 10.0"