Exorcist XIV: the wrath of Maxwell's demon. I: From Maxwell to Szilard

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(98)00023-9zbMath1222.00027OpenAlexW2035175402WikidataQ54152667 ScholiaQ54152667MaRDI QIDQ639835

John D. Norton, John Earman

Publication date: 11 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1355-2198(98)00023-9

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Physics (00A79) History of statistical mechanics (82-03)

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