Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing

by Harvey Leff (Editor)

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 cornputer science - and links have been established between Maxwell's demon and each of these disciplines.

Genres: Physics, Science, Nonfiction

349 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990