Eaters of the lotus: Landauer's principle and the return of Maxwell's demon
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DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2004.12.002zbMath1222.82026OpenAlexW2030769814WikidataQ54152668 ScholiaQ54152668MaRDI QIDQ640237
Publication date: 17 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: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/12561/1/JDN2005_2.pdf
Foundations of equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B03) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) History of statistical mechanics (82-03)
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